Stranded

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Strand \Strand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stranded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Stranding}.]
     To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a
     ship.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stranded
       adj 1: cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several
              stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by
              the blizzard" [syn: {isolated}, {marooned}]
       2: with the bottom lodged on a reef or shoal in shallow water

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "stranded":
     aground, anchored, beached, castaway, caught, chained, fast,
     fastened, fixed, foundered, grounded, held, high and dry, impacted,
     inextricable, jammed, marooned, moored, on the rocks, packed,
     run aground, set fast, shipwrecked, stuck, stuck fast, swamped,
     tethered, tied, transfixed, wedged, wrecked