The meaning of STRANDED is having a strand or strands especially of a specified kind or number —usually used in combination. How to use stranded in a sentence.

Aug 13, 2015 · STRANDED definition: 1. unable to leave somewhere because of a problem such as not having any transport or money: 2…. Learn more.

If you’re stuck somewhere with no way of getting anywhere else, you’re stranded. If you run out of gas while driving in the desert, you'll be stranded until someone finds you. Good luck!

1. To be driven or run ashore or aground: The boat stranded on the rocks. 2. To be stranded, as on a beach. Used of sea animals.

If you are stranded, you are prevented from leaving a place, for example because of bad weather.

to drive or leave (a ship, fish, etc.) aground or ashore: The receding tide stranded the whale. (usually used in the passive) to bring into or leave in a helpless position: He was stranded in the middle of nowhere.

stranded, adj.¹ meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary