stranded

B2 · Upper Intermediate

adj. when a boat or sea animal is stuck on the shore or a reef.

adj. driven or left aground on a shore, reef, or shallow area.

“The rescue team worked quickly to help the stranded whale back into the deep water.”

“The cargo ship remained stranded on the sandbar for three days until a high enough tide allowed tugboats to pull it free.”

C2 · Proficiency Grammar Technical

adj. a word that is left alone at the end of a sentence because its partner word moved.

adj. describing a constituent, such as a preposition, that remains in its original position after its complement has moved.

“In the sentence 'Who did you go with?', the word 'with' is stranded.”

“Prescriptive grammarians often argue against stranded prepositions, despite their ubiquity in natural English speech and informal writing.”

C1 · Advanced Technical

adj. made by twisting many thin wires or threads together.

adj. composed of multiple individual filaments or wires twisted or braided into a single unit.

“Stranded copper wire is more flexible than a single solid core.”

“The engineer specified stranded cable for the robotic arm to ensure it could withstand repeated bending without snapping.”