Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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strand | Yes | No | Yes | No |
desolate | No | Yes | Yes | No |
strand (noun) | desolate (noun) |
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a necklace made by stringing objects together | |
line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable | |
a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole | |
a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides) | |
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber |
strand (adjective) | desolate (adjective) |
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crushed by grief | |
providing no shelter or sustenance |
strand (verb) | desolate (verb) |
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bring to the ground | reduce in population |
drive (a vessel) ashore | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly |
leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue | leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch |