Stranded

Quick meaning: Stranded is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of strand.

Meaning

simple past and past participle of strand.

More Meanings

1. (of a person) Abandoned or marooned.
2. (nautical, of a vessel) Run aground on a shore or reef.
3. (grammar, of a word or phrase that can take a complement) Not having any expressed complement.
4. (of a piece of wire) Made by combining or bundling thinner wires (into a strand).
5. (of expenses or costs) That has become unrecoverable or difficult to recover.
6. (cricket) Narrowly missing scoring a century or similar milestone because one's team's innings ends.
7. (in combination) Having the specified number or kind of strands.

Example Sentences

single-stranded, double-stranded, triple-stranded

I found myself stranded, lunchless, on the sea-front[…]

With utility deregulation, undepreciated equipment which is now redundant may have to be allocated as stranded costs.

The 9.17 a.m. diesel train from Fraserburgh to Aberdeen, Scottish Region, was blocked by a snow drift just north of Newmachar Station on January 19. The 57 passengers were stranded for 15 hours.

Synonyms for stranded

Depending on context, synonyms include isolated, unaccompanied, marooned.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include aground, isolated, unaccompanied, marooned, beached, stopped.

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