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

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.

STRANDED definition: left helpless or without transport. See examples of stranded used in a sentence.

Anything left behind or stuck can be called stranded, like a stranded fish in a tidal pool, or a stranded child at a fair. Stranded involves being left somewhere unpleasant, remote, or inconvenient — if …

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.

Dec 8, 2025 · Video captured the heart-stopping rescue of a father and son who became stranded in the Everglades in Collier County.

Hundreds of sea turtles become beached or stranded every year from injury, disease, illness or environmental threats, the zoo says.

We were stranded at the airport for ten hours. (Definition of stranded from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Dec 5, 2016 · Synonyms for STRANDED: landed, grounded, beached, aground, high and dry, alongshore, wrecked, scuttled; Antonyms of STRANDED: offshore, afloat, recovered, salvaged, had, …