a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something | a lightweight cord |
a model or standard for making comparisons | a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening |
something that offers basic information or instruction | a necklace made by stringing objects together |
someone employed to conduct others | a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket |
someone who can find paths through unexplored territory | a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand |
someone who shows the way by leading or advising | stringed instruments that are played with a bow |
| a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.) |
| a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding |
| (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop |
| a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod) |