stranded
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1 stuck or left behind (adj.) B2 Upper Intermediateunable to leave a place because you have no transport or money.
left in a helpless or difficult position without the means to depart.
ExampleThe heavy snowstorm left hundreds of travelers stranded at the airport overnight.
ExampleWhen the last ferry was cancelled due to the gale, several commuters found themselves stranded on the island with no available hotel rooms.
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2 run aground (adj.) B2 Upper Intermediatewhen a boat or sea animal is stuck on the shore or a reef.
driven or left aground on a shore, reef, or shallow area.
ExampleThe rescue team worked quickly to help the stranded whale back into the deep water.
ExampleThe cargo ship remained stranded on the sandbar for three days until a high enough tide allowed tugboats to pull it free.
- beached
- aground
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3 linguistics (adj.) C2 Proficiency Technical Grammara word that is left alone at the end of a sentence because its partner word moved.
describing a constituent, such as a preposition, that remains in its original position after its complement has moved.
ExampleIn the sentence 'Who did you go with?', the word 'with' is stranded.
ExamplePrescriptive grammarians often argue against stranded prepositions, despite their ubiquity in natural English speech and informal writing.
UsageCommonly refers to 'preposition stranding' in English syntax.
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4 made of fibers (adj.) C1 Advanced Technicalmade by twisting many thin wires or threads together.
composed of multiple individual filaments or wires twisted or braided into a single unit.
ExampleStranded copper wire is more flexible than a single solid core.
ExampleThe engineer specified stranded cable for the robotic arm to ensure it could withstand repeated bending without snapping.
From strand + -ed