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The meaning of STRANDED is having a strand or strands especially of a specified kind or number —usually used in combination. How to use stranded in a sentence.
STRANDED definition: 1. unable to leave somewhere because of a problem such as not having any transport or money: 2…. Learn more.
verb (1) stranded; stranding; strands. transitive verb. 1. : to run, drive, or cause to drift onto a strand : run aground. 2. : to leave in a strange or an unfavorable place especially without funds or means to depart. 3. : to leave (a base runner) on base at the end of an inning in baseball.
STRANDED meaning: 1. unable to leave somewhere because of a problem such as not having any transport or money: 2…. Learn more.
Stranded definition: left helpless or without transport. See examples of STRANDED used in a sentence.
Anything left behind or stuck can be called stranded, like a stranded fish in a tidal pool, or a stranded child at a fair. Stranded involves being left somewhere unpleasant, remote, or inconvenient — if you’re stuck at an amazing restaurant you're really not stranded.
Synonyms for STRANDED: landed, grounded, beached, aground, high and dry, alongshore, wrecked, scuttled; Antonyms of STRANDED: offshore, afloat, recovered, salvaged, had, owned, possessed, kept.
verb (used with object) to drive or leave (a ship, fish, etc.) aground or ashore: The receding tide stranded the whale. (usually used in the passive) to bring into or leave in a helpless position: He was stranded in the middle of nowhere.
strand something to make a boat, fish, whale, etc. be left on land and unable to return to the water. The ship was stranded on a sandbank. Definition of strand verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
: to leave (a person or animal) in a place without a way of leaving it — usually used as (be) stranded. She was stranded in a foreign city with no money. They were stranded on a deserted island. His car broke down, and he was stranded in the middle of nowhere. Her flight was canceled, so she was left stranded at the airport. 2.
