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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 definition: left helpless or without transport. See examples of STRANDED used in a sentence.
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.
noun. one of a number of fibers, threads, or yarns that are plaited or twisted together to form a rope, cord, or the like. a similar part of a wire rope. a rope made of such twisted or plaited fibers. a fiber or filament, as in animal or plant tissue: a single strand of messenger RNA. a thread or threadlike part of anything: the strands of a plot.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English strand‧ed /ˈstrændɪd/ adjective a person or vehicle that is stranded is unable to move from the place where they are SYN stuck Air travellers were left stranded because of icy conditions. stranded in/on/at There I was, stranded in Rome with no money.
to be driven or left ashore; run aground. to be halted or struck by a difficult situation: He stranded in the middle of his speech. n. the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach. bef. 1000; Middle English (noun, nominal), Old English; cognate with Dutch strand, German Strand, Old Norse strǫnd; akin to strew. strand2 (strand), n.
