stranded
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English
Definitions
verb
- To run aground; to beach.
- To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
- To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.“Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.”
verb
- To break a strand of (a rope).
- To form by uniting strands.
adjective
- (of a person) Abandoned or marooned.
- (of a vessel) Run aground on a shore or reef.
- (of a piece of wire) Made by combining or bundling thinner wires.
- (of expenses or costs) That has become unrecoverable or difficult to recover.
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Synonyms
abandondesertbeachagroundisolatedunaccompaniedmaroonedbeachedstoppedgroundedinsulatedlockedpinnedwedgedfrozengatedconfinedbraided