stranded
VerbAdjektivhäufig in Dialogen
- //ˈstɹændɪd//
Abandoned or marooned.
Verb
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Auch eine Form von strandsimple past and past participle of strand
Herkunft
Etymology tree English strand Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English stranded From strand + -ed.
Adjektiv
- 1
Abandoned or marooned.
I found myself stranded, lunchless, on the sea-front[…]
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.
- 2
Run aground on a shore or reef.
- 3
Not having any expressed complement.
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Made by combining or bundling thinner wires (into a strand).
- 5
That has become unrecoverable or difficult to recover.
With utility deregulation, undepreciated equipment which is now redundant may have to be allocated as stranded costs.
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Narrowly missing scoring a century or similar milestone because one's team's innings ends.
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Having the specified number or kind of strands.
single-stranded, double-stranded, triple-stranded