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Stranded

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v. Simple past tense and past participle of strand.

adj. abandoned or marooned.

adj. Run aground on a shore or reef.

adj. a piece of wire made by combining or bundling thinner wires

adj. expenses or costs which have become unrecoverable or difficult to recover.

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adj. cut off or left behind

Word Usage

"Meanwhile, hundreds of supply trucks remain stranded at the closed Torkhum border crossing in the Khyber tribal region, leaving them vulnerable to attacks from Taliban insurgents."

Verb Form

stranded stranding strands

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

shore land desert desolate forsake

Cross Reference

fiber mycelial strand stranded wire strand molerat

Form

stranded stranding do the strand

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

shore ground string desert abandon

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Grande Hand Land Marchand Rand

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

thread coil wisp patch cord