stranded

«stranded» in Mova's school dictionary: stranded, you are stuck in a place and cannot leave, for… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

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 →

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 →

3) Stranded can describe something made of strands (threads twisted together): a stranded cable. tree →

sense 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 →
• The sailors were stranded on a desert island. tree →
• Rescuers helped push the stranded whale back into the sea. tree →
• If you are stranded, stay with your group and call for help. tree →
• The flood left the village stranded for two days. tree →
• Our car broke down and left us stranded by the road. tree →
• The stranded hikers waited for the helicopter. tree →

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.

In the corpora

• Checking times and planning ahead stops you being stranded alone at night.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stranded» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.