stranded

[ stran-did ]

/ ˈstræn dɪd /

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adjective

left helpless or without transport: Officials said many people remained stranded even though floodwaters were receding.

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deserted, forsaken, left in the lurch; abandoned.

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Origin of stranded

First recorded in 1700–10 in its literal sense “run or driven ashore,” and in its figurative sense in 1850–55; strand¹ + -ed²

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Stralsund, stramash, stramineous, stramonium, strand, stranded, strand line, Strandloper, strand wolf, strange, strange attractor

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stranded²

[ stran-did ]

/ ˈstræn dɪd /

adjective

composed of a specified number or kind of strands (usually used in combination): a five-stranded rope.

Origin of stranded

First recorded in 1805–15; strand² + -ed³

OTHER WORDS FROM stranded

strand·ed·ness, nounun·strand·ed, adjective

How to use stranded in a sentence

The Italian navy tweeted regular updates of the saved-to-stranded passenger ratio.
‘We’re Going to Die’: Survivors Recount Greek Ferry Fire Horror|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Wisely, we did, and then made for a small café that served a clientele of recently stranded refugees.
Watching ISIS Come to Power Again|Elliot Ackerman|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As the rebels departed, they blew up an 81-car munitions train stranded on a siding.
Atlanta’s Fall Foretold The End Of Civil War Bloodshed|Marc Wortman|September 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tens of thousands of Iraqis now stranded in the mountains are awaiting the outcome of those battles.
Will U.S. Troops Stand By While ISIS Starves Thousands?|Jacob Siegel|August 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

GALLERY: Stranded at Bangui Airport: The Refugee Crisis in Central African Republic (PHOTOS) This is all well and good.
The Curse of CAR: Warlords, Blood Diamonds, and Dead Elephants|Christopher Day|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A Naval Officer who has seen her says she is lying in shallow water—6 fathoms—bottom upwards looking like a stranded whale.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
As if to prove that he was a true prophet, the herd split against a rocky pinnacle, and on this we stranded.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
But here the artist stranded, the victim of a cabal, despite the protection of Camille Maupin.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
Just about now he was utterly stranded, and had to borrow money for even his next day's food.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
Fat Boy's two hundred and eighty-odd pounds were drooped over his chair like the blubber of an exhausted, beach-stranded whale.
The Holes and John Smith|Edward W. Ludwig

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