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# stranded

adjective (stranded); also past form of the verb strand (strand, strands, stranded, stranding)

«stranded» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. If you are stranded, you are stuck in a place and cannot leave, for example because your car broke down or there are no trains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stranded/#m1)
2. A stranded whale, fish or boat has been left on a beach or in shallow water and cannot get back to the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stranded/#m2)
3. Stranded can describe something made of strands (threads twisted together): a stranded cable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stranded/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories and news: travellers stranded by snow, sailors stranded on an island. In safety lessons, what to do if you are stranded: stay together, call for help, keep warm. In science, stranded whales and dolphins on beaches. Phrases: stranded on an island, left stranded, stranded at the airport.

### Examples

- We were stranded at the airport because of the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stranded/#x1)
- The sailors were stranded on a desert island. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stranded/#x2)
- Rescuers helped push the stranded whale back into the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stranded/#x3)
- If you are stranded, stay with your group and call for help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stranded/#x4)
- The flood left the village stranded for two days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stranded/#x5)
- Our car broke down and left us stranded by the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stranded/#x6)
- The stranded hikers waited for the helicopter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stranded/#x7)

### Note

Usually used after «be», «get» or «leave»: be stranded, get stranded, leave someone stranded. A «strand» is also a single thread or hair (a strand of hair) — a different meaning of the same spelling.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stranded» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stranded/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stranded» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stranded.html) on Mova free.