stranded
[ stran-did ]
/ ˈstræn dɪd /
adjective
composed of a specified number or kind of strands (usually used in combination): a five-stranded rope.
OTHER WORDS FROM stranded
strand·ed·ness, noun un·strand·ed, adjectiveWords nearby stranded
stramineous,
stramonium,
strand,
strand line,
strand wolf,
stranded,
strandloper,
strandwolf,
strange,
strange attractor,
strange bedfellows
Definition for stranded (2 of 3)
strand
1
[ strand ]
/ strænd /
verb (used with object)
to drive or leave (a ship, fish, etc.) aground or ashore: The receding tide stranded the whale.
(usually used in the passive) to bring into or leave in a helpless position: He was stranded in the middle of nowhere.
verb (used without object)
to be driven or left ashore; run aground.
to be halted or struck by a difficult situation: He stranded in the middle of his speech.
noun
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
Origin of strand
1
before 1000; Middle English (noun), Old English; cognate with Dutch
strand, German
Strand, Old Norse
strǫnd; akin to
strew
Definition for stranded (3 of 3)
strand
2
[ strand ]
/ strænd /
noun
verb (used with object)
to form (a rope, cable, etc.) by twisting strands together.
to break one or more strands of (a rope).
Origin of strand
2
First recorded in 1490–1500; origin uncertain
OTHER WORDS FROM strand
strand·less, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for stranded
British Dictionary definitions for stranded (1 of 3)
strand
1
/ (strænd) /
verb
to leave or drive (ships, fish, etc) aground or ashore or (of ships, fish, etc) to be left or driven ashore
(tr; usually passive)
to leave helpless, as without transport or money, etc
noun mainly poetic
a shore or beach
a foreign country
Word Origin for strand
Old English; related to Old Norse
strönd side, Middle High German
strant beach, Latin
sternere to spread
British Dictionary definitions for stranded (2 of 3)
strand
2
/ (strænd) /
noun
a set of or one of the individual fibres or threads of string, wire, etc, that form a rope, cable, etc
a single length of string, hair, wool, wire, etc
a string of pearls or beads
a constituent element in a complex whole
one strand of her argument
verb
(tr)
to form (a rope, cable, etc) by winding strands together
Word Origin for strand
C15: of uncertain origin
British Dictionary definitions for stranded (3 of 3)
Strand
/ (strænd) /
noun
the Strand
a street in W central London, parallel to the Thames: famous for its hotels and theatres