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strand⋅ed

  [stran-did]
Use stranded in a Sentence
–adjective
composed of a specified number or kind of strands (usually used in combination): a five-stranded rope.
Origin:
1805–15; strand 2 + -ed 3

Related forms:
strand⋅ed⋅ness, noun

strand

1  [strand]
–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:
bef. 1000; ME (n.), OE; c. D strand, G Strand, ON strǫnd; akin to strew

strand

2  [strand]
–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.
6. a tress of hair.
7. a string of pearls, beads, etc.
–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; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
strandless, adjective
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strand 1   (strānd)   
n.  The land bordering a body of water; a beach.
v.   strand·ed, strand·ing, strands

v.   tr.
  1. To drive or run ashore or aground.
  2. To bring into or leave in a difficult or helpless position: The convoy was stranded in the desert.
  3. Baseball To leave (a base runner) on base at the end of an inning.
  4. Linguistics To separate (a grammatical element) from other elements in a construction, either by moving it out of the construction or moving the rest of the construction. In the sentence What are you aiming at, the preposition at has been stranded.
v.   intr.
  1. To be driven or run ashore or aground.
  2. To be brought into or left in a difficult or helpless position.

[Middle English, from Old English.]
strand 2   (strānd)   
n.  
  1. A complex of fibers or filaments that have been twisted together to form a cable, rope, thread, or yarn.
    1. A single filament, such as a fiber or thread, of a woven or braided material.
    2. A wisp or tress of hair.
  3. Something that is plaited or twisted as a ropelike length: a strand of pearls; a strand of DNA.
  4. One of the elements woven together to make an intricate whole, such as the plot of a novel.
tr.v.   strand·ed, strand·ing, strands
  1. To make or form (a rope, for example) by twisting strands together.
  2. To break a strand of (a rope, for example).

[Middle English strond.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Main Entry: strand·ed
Pronunciation: 'stran-d&d
Function: adjective
: having a strand or strands especially of a specified kind or number—usually used in combination stranded molecule of DNA> —strand·ed·ness noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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