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Stranded
see synonyms of strandedAdjective
1. isolated, marooned, stranded
cut off or left behind
Example Sentences:'an isolated pawn''several stranded fish in a tide pool''travelers marooned by the blizzard'
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Stranded
see synonyms of strandedadjective
1.
left helpless, as without transport
Another plane was sent to Manchester to fly the stranded passengers to London.
Costs include putting stranded passengers up for the night.
National Guard troops in Texas rescued more than 120 stranded motorists yesterday.
while we were stranded in Paris
Hundreds of people remain stranded at railway stations.
2.
that has beached or run aground
stranded whales
31 pilot whales became stranded off Cape Cod and died.
jellyfish that were stranded on the beach
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Stranded
see synonyms of strandedn.
Land, typically a beach, bordering a body of water.
v. strand·ed, strand·ing, strands
v.tr.
1.
a. To drive or run (a boat, for example) ashore or aground.
b. To cause (a whale or other sea animal) to be unable to swim free from a beach or from shallow water.
2. To bring into or leave in a difficult or helpless position: The convoy was stranded in the desert.
3. Baseball To leave (a base runner) on base at the end of an inning.
4. Linguistics To separate (a grammatical element) from other elements in a construction, either by moving it out of the construction or moving the rest of the construction. In the sentence What are you aiming at, the preposition at has been stranded.
v.intr.
1. To be driven or run ashore or aground: The boat stranded on the rocks.
2. To be stranded, as on a beach. Used of sea animals.
n.
1. A complex of fibers or filaments that have been twisted together to form a cable, rope, thread, or yarn.
2.
a. A single filament, such as a fiber or thread, of a woven or braided material.
b. A ropelike length of something: a strand of pearls; a strand of DNA.
c. A wisp or lock of hair.
3. One of the elements woven together to make an intricate whole, such as the plot of a novel.
tr.v. strand·ed, strand·ing, strands
1. To make or form (a rope, for example) by twisting strands together.
2. To break a strand of (a rope, for example).
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