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Etymology

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From strand +‎ -ed

Verb

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stranded

  1. simple past and past participle of strand

Adjective

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stranded (not comparable)

  1. (of a person) Abandoned or marooned.
    • 1904, Rudyard Kipling, Mrs. Bathurst:
      I found myself stranded, lunchless, on the sea-front []
  2. (nautical, of a vessel) Run aground on a shore or reef.
  3. (grammar, of a word or phrase that can take a complement) Not having any expressed 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.
  6. (in combination) Having the specified number or kind of strands.
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References

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  • FM 55-501 Marine Crewman’s Handbook

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