stranded

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/ˈstɹændɪd/

adjective

Abandoned or marooned.

Similar
isolatedmaroonedunaccompanied
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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of strand
adjectivestranded (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAbandoned or marooned.

    I found myself stranded, lunchless, on the sea-front[…]

    1904, Rudyard Kipling, Mrs. Bathurst
    1 more example

    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.

    1960 March 28, “Notes and News: Diesel Train Stranded in Snow Drift”, in Railway Magazine, page 213
  2. not comparablenauticalRun aground on a shore or reef.
  3. not comparablegrammarNot having any expressed complement.
  4. not comparableMade by combining or bundling thinner wires (into a strand).
  5. not comparableThat 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. not comparableball gamesNarrowly missing scoring a century or similar milestone because one's team's innings ends.
  7. in compoundsnot comparableHaving the specified number or kind of strands.

    single-stranded, double-stranded, triple-stranded

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecut off or left behind

Similar
isolatedmaroonedunaccompanied
Also see
isolatedunaccompanied

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From strand + -ed.

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Translations

Bulgarian усукан, заседнал
  • усукан (usukan)of a piece of wire: made by combining or bundling thinner wires
  • заседнал (zasednal)of a vessel
Czech stočený
  • stočenýof a piece of wire: made by combining or bundling thinner wires
Dutch litzedraad, gestrand
  • litzedraadof a piece of wire: made by combining or bundling thinner wires
  • gestrandof a vessel
Esperanto grundinta, surstranda
  • grundintaof a vessel
  • surstrandaof a vessel
Finnish punottu, upotettu
  • punottuof a piece of wire: made by combining or bundling thinner wires
  • upotettuexpenses or costs which have become unrecoverable or difficult to recover
  • hylättyof a person
  • karillaof a vessel
French abandonné, échoué
  • abandonnéof a person
  • échouéof a vessel
Hungarian megfeneklett
  • megfeneklettof a vessel
Italian abbandonato, incagliato
  • abbandonatoof a person
  • incagliatoof a vessel
Russian сидящий на мели, выброшенный на берег
  • сидящий на мели (sidjaščij na meli)of a vessel
  • выброшенный на берег (vybrošennyj na bereg)of a vessel
Slovak uviaznutý
  • uviaznutýof a vessel
Spanish trenzado, abandonado
  • trenzadoof a piece of wire: made by combining or bundling thinner wires
  • abandonadoof a person
  • varadoof a vessel
Swedish tvinnad, strandsatt
  • tvinnadof a piece of wire: made by combining or bundling thinner wires
  • strandsattof a person
  • strandadof a vessel
Cite this entry
APA

stranded. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stranded

MLA

“stranded.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stranded. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stranded,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stranded.

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