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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.
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.
: 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.
