stranded
adj/ˈstɹændɪd/
Etymology From strand + -ed.
7 senses
- 1Abandoned or marooned.
- 2Run aground on a shore or reef.
- 3Not having any expressed complement.
- 4Made by combining or bundling thinner wires (into a strand).
- 5That has become unrecoverable or difficult to recover.
- 6Narrowly missing scoring a century or similar milestone…
- 7Having the specified number or kind of strands.
1
Of a person Abandoned or marooned.
- I found myself stranded, lunchless, on the sea-front[…]1904, Rudyard Kipling, Mrs. Bathurst:
- The 9.17 a.m. diesel train from Fraserburgh to Aberdeen, Scottish Region, was blocked by a snow drift just north of Newmachar Station on January 19. The 57 passengers were stranded for 15 hours.1960 March 23, “Notes and News: Diesel Train Stranded in Snow Drift”, in Railway Magazine, page 213:
3
Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Not having any expressed complement.
Of a word or phrase that can take a complement
4
Of a piece of wire Made by combining or bundling thinner wires (into a strand).
5
Of expenses or costs That has become unrecoverable or difficult to recover.
- With utility deregulation, undepreciated equipment which is now redundant may have to be allocated as stranded costs.
6
Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Narrowly missing scoring a century or similar milestone because one's team's innings ends.
7
In compounds Having the specified number or kind of strands.
- single-stranded, double-stranded, triple-stranded
- Derived terms
- bistranded, intrastranded, multistranded, strandedness
- Related terms
- strandable, stranding, unstrandable