stranded
verbadjectivecommon in dialogue
- //ˈstɹændɪd//
Abandoned or marooned.
verb
- 1
Also a form of strandsimple past and past participle of strand
Etymology
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.
adjective
- 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.
- 4
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.
- 6
Narrowly missing scoring a century or similar milestone because one's team's innings ends.
- 7
Having the specified number or kind of strands.
single-stranded, double-stranded, triple-stranded