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to strand

to strand

141 6.7
To leave a person or vehicle stuck somewhere without help
  • verb
  • /strænd/
translation icon : dejar varado
  • The heavy storm left the hikers stranded in the mountains without any supplies.
  • leave someone stranded
  • become stranded
  • find themselves stranded

And then we come back to the shore and I'm with someone who gets a phone call and they say that's that was Seth Seth on his boat and he stranded.

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Examples

  • The portal sealed itself instantly, leaving Kirk stranded outside a pub on a dark street.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I knew you wouldn't leave your own brother stranded forever!

  • Hey, sir, we're stranded out here.

  • For the next week, we were stranded.

  • My boat is stranded in the roots.

  • They'd been stranded by the rising water.

  • Due to the fierce blizzard outside, I am stranded here.

  • I can't believe we're stranded in the middle of nowhere on your anniversary.

  • I had the impression that I was stranded alone in a desolate place.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Immigrant arrivals employed on railway and mining jobs found themselves stranded with the arrival of winter.

    Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

to maroon
vsto strand
19 7.8

To leave someone in a place where they cannot escape, especially on an island

is used for leaving people or objects and also for vessels becoming stuck
to shipwreck
vsto strand
12 4.8

To be lost at sea or to cause a ship to be lost

focuses on being left or stuck rather than on total loss or destruction
to run aground
vsto strand
10 6.7

To get a boat or ship stuck in shallow water near the shore

also covers leaving someone or something behind intentionally
to strand the boat
vsto strand
7.8

Leave a boat on shore or in shallow water so it cannot move

applies more widely to leaving people or items and to becoming stuck

Antonyms

730 1.0

An act of saving someone or something from danger

226 3.7

To go and get something and bring it back, for example a dog bringing a ball

Phrasal Verbs

Leave a boat on shore or in shallow water so it cannot move

Compounds

A thin piece of hair

strand wolf
  • South African
9.9

A wild animal like a hyena that eats dead animals and lives in southern Africa

vascular strand
  • Specialized
7.4

A thin part inside a plant stem or leaf that carries water and food to the cells

How Abandoned

to maroon
19 7.8
to abandon
773 3.1
to strand
141 6.7
to leave
1.0

Surface Forms

strand infinitive
stranded past
stranded past participle
stranding present participle
strands third person singular

Etymology

The verb strand comes from the shore meaning — to leave a ship on the beach — so to be 'stranded' is to be left 'stuck' with no easy way to get help.