stranded Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
    strand; maroon.
    • the travellers were marooned
  2. verb drive (a vessel) ashore
    strand.
  3. verb bring to the ground
    run aground; strand; ground.
    • the storm grounded the ship
  4. adjective satellite cut off or left behind
    marooned; isolated.
    • an isolated pawn
    • several stranded fish in a tide pool
    • travelers marooned by the blizzard

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