stranded

1. 1
   adjective

   Left in a place with no way to leave or get help.

   Like being stuck on an island with no boat to get back.

   The hikers were stranded on the mountain after the trail washed out.

   A broken-down car left her stranded miles from the nearest town.

   Similarstuck, trapped, abandoned

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2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of strand. Use this form for something that already happened.

   The flood stranded several families on their rooftops.

   Heavy snow stranded the bus halfway up the hill.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Made from many thin wires twisted or bundled together into one.

   Like a rope made of many thin threads twisted together instead of one thick string.

   Electricians often choose stranded wire because it bends easily around corners.

   The charger cord uses stranded copper for extra flexibility.

   Oppositesolid

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4. 4
   adjective

   Stuck on rocks or sand in shallow water, so a boat cannot float free.

   Like a toy boat stuck on the sand when the water goes out.

   The tanker lay stranded on the reef for several weeks.

   Rescue crews reached the stranded fishing boat before it broke apart on the rocks.

   Similaraground, beached, grounded

   Oppositeafloat

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5. 5
   adjectivein compounds

   Made up of a set number or kind of strands, as in a three-stranded rope.

   Like describing a rope by counting how many twisted parts make it up.

   DNA is a double-stranded molecule.

   She braided a three-stranded bracelet for her friend.

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6. 6
   adjective

   Left in a state where it can no longer be used or got back.

   Like money locked inside a box you have lost the key to.

   The mine closure left millions of dollars of stranded equipment underground.

   Her savings felt stranded in an account she could no longer access.

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7. 7
   adjective

   Left without the word that would normally follow it, like 'with' in 'Who are you going with?'

   Like a leash with no dog at the end of it.

   In everyday speech, prepositions are often stranded at the end of a question.

   People leave the word 'about' stranded when they ask 'What are you talking about?'

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8. 8
   adjective

   Left just short of a big batting score because the team's turn at bat ended.

   Like stopping a race two steps from the finish line because time ran out.

   He was stranded on 98 when the last wicket fell.

   She finished the match stranded just short of her first hundred.

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