stranded
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verb (used with object)
1.
to drive or leave (a ship, fish, etc.) aground or ashore: The receding tide stranded the whale.
2.
(usually used in the passive) to bring into or leave in a helpless position: He was stranded in the middle of nowhere.
verb (used without object)
3.
to be driven or left ashore; run aground.
4.
to be halted or struck by a difficult situation: He stranded in the middle of his speech.
noun
5.
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English (noun), Old English; cognate with Dutch strand, German Strand, Old Norse strǫnd; akin to strew
before 1000; Middle English (noun), Old English; cognate with Dutch strand, German Strand, Old Norse strǫnd; akin to strew
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noun
1.
one of a number of fibers, threads, or yarns that are plaited or twisted together to form a rope, cord, or the like.
2.
a similar part of a wire rope.
3.
a rope made of such twisted or plaited fibers.
4.
a fiber or filament, as in animal or plant tissue.
5.
a thread or threadlike part of anything: the strands of a plot.
verb (used with object)
8.
to form (a rope, cable, etc.) by twisting strands together.
9.
to break one or more strands of (a rope).
Origin:
1490–1500; origin uncertain
1490–1500; origin uncertain
Related forms
strand·less, adjective
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strand1 (strænd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to leave or drive (ships, fish, etc) aground or ashore or (of ships, fish, etc) to be left or driven ashore |
| 2. | (tr; usually passive) to leave helpless, as without transport or money, etc |
| —n | |
| 3. | a shore or beach |
| 4. | a foreign country |
| [Old English; related to Old Norse strönd side, Middle High German strant beach, Latin sternere to spread] | |
| strand2 (strænd) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a set of or one of the individual fibres or threads of string, wire, etc, that form a rope, cable, etc |
| 2. | a single length of string, hair, wool, wire, etc |
| 3. | a string of pearls or beads |
| 4. | a constituent element in a complex whole: one strand of her argument |
| —vb | |
| 5. | (tr) to form (a rope, cable, etc) by winding strands together |
| [C15: of uncertain origin] | |
| Strand (strænd) | |
| —n | |
| the Strand a street in W central London, parallel to the Thames: famous for its hotels and theatres | |
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Word Origin & History
strand
"shore," O.E. strand, from P.Gmc. *strandas (cf. Dan., Swed. strand "beach, shore, strand," O.N. strönd "border, edge, shore," M.L.G. strant, Ger. Strand, Du. strand "beach"), perhaps from PIE base *ster- "to stretch out." Strictly, the part of a shore that lies between the tide-marks. Formerly
also used of river banks, hence the London street name (1246).
strand
1621, "to drive aground on a shore," from strand (n.1); fig. sense of "leave helpless" is first recorded 1837.
strand
"fiber of a rope, string, etc.," 1497, probably from O.Fr. estran, from a Gmc. source akin to O.H.G. streno "lock, tress, strand of hair," M.Du. strene, Ger. Strähne "skein, strand," of unknown origin.
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Example sentences
Working alone or in a group, orcas create waves that dislodge a floe, break it up and wash the stranded prey into open water.
Thousands of people are stranded there and waiting for flights.
It goes without saying that the agents at the gate won't even hint at the likelihood of your being stranded.
Some think that is where it should be, others think it tragically stranded.
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