strand
To run aground; to beachTo run aground; to beach.
» I know that Tom is stranded.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To run aground; to beach.
сесть на мельsestʹ na melʹ, высадитьсяvysaditʹsja
(figuratively, transitive)To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
im Stich lassen
броситьbrositʹ, бросить на произвол судьбыbrositʹ na proizvol sudʹby, оставить в бедеostavitʹ v bede
To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
(figuratively, transitive)To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.
(transitive)To leave an element (e.g., an adposition) without its complement adjacent to it.
(transitive)To break a strand of (a rope).
(transitive)To form by uniting strands.
связыватьsvjazyvatʹ
- drive (a vessel) ashore
- bring to the ground
- leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
Examples
149 sentencesI know that Tom is stranded.
Tom got stranded on an island.
Tom is stranded somewhere, isn't he?
I'm stranded here at the airport.
Tom was stranded on an island.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 1
Origin
* From Middle English strand, strond, from Old English strand (“strand, sea-shore, shore”)* From Middle English strand, strond, from Old English strand (“strand, sea-shore, shore”), from Proto-West Germanic *strand, from Proto-Germanic *strandō (“edge, rim, shore”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)trAnt- (“strand, border, field”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to broaden, spread out”). Cognate with West Frisian strân, German Strand (“beach”), Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish strand (“beach”), Faroese strond (“beach”), Icelandic strönd (“beach”).
Origin uncertain. Cognate with Scots stran, strawn, strand (“strand”). Perhaps the same as strand ("rivulet, stream, gutter"; see Etymology 1 above); or from Middle English *stran, from Old French estran (“a rope, cord”), from Middle High German stren, strene (“skein, strand”), from Old High German streno, from Proto-West Germanic *strenō, from Proto-Germanic *strinô (“strip, strand”), from Proto-Indo-European *strēy-, *ster- (“strip, line, streak, ray, stripe, row”); related to Dutch streng (“skein, hank of thread, strand, string”), German Strähne (“skein, hank of thread, strand of hair”). Compare also Old High German stranga (“strand of hair”), modern German Strang (“strand, thread, cord”).
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Forms
strands, stranding, stranded, strandedSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
4 patterns- stranded on a
- was stranded on
- be stranded somewhere
- stranded somewhere