To abandon somebody, leaving him or her holding the responsibility or blame.
To remove the value from an article or arrangement and leave somebody holding the empty (or valueless) container.
To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
To form by uniting strands.
To break a strand of (a rope).
To run aground; to beach.
To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.
A small brook or rivulet.
A passage for water; gutter.
A nucleotide chain.
A string.
A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.
A street.
An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.