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- DictionaryStrand·ed/ˈstrandəd/
adjective
- 1. left without the means to move from somewhere: "she offers a lift to a stranded commuter"
- 2. (of a boat, sailor, or sea creature) left aground on a shore: "a stranded whale"
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.
Stranded definition: left helpless or without transport. See examples of STRANDED used in a sentence.
STRANDED meaning: 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. adjective. 1. beached, grounded, marooned, ashore, shipwrecked, aground, cast away He returned to his stranded vessel yesterday afternoon. 2. helpless, abandoned, high and dry, left in the lurch He left me stranded by the side of the road.
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Synonyms for STRANDED: landed, grounded, beached, aground, high and dry, alongshore, wrecked, scuttled; Antonyms of STRANDED: offshore, afloat, recovered, salvaged, had, owned, possessed, kept.
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.
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.
