Webster's 1828 Dictionary
STRANDED
pp. 1. Run ashore.
2. Having a strand broken.
New American Oxford Dictionary
stranded
strand ed |ˈstrandid ˈstrændəd | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] (of thread, rope, or similar ) arranged in single thin lengths twisted together: stranded cotton | [ in combination ] figurative : the many-stranded passions of the country.
Oxford Dictionary
stranded
stranded |strandɪd | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] (of thread, rope, or similar ) arranged in single thin lengths twisted together: stranded cotton | [ in combination ] figurative : the many-stranded passions of the country.
American Oxford Thesaurus
stranded
stranded adjective 1 a stranded ship: beached, grounded, run aground, high and dry; shipwrecked, wrecked, marooned. 2 she was stranded in a strange city: helpless, without resources, in difficulties; in the lurch, abandoned, deserted.
Oxford Thesaurus
stranded
stranded adjective 1 the stranded ship: beached, grounded, run aground, high and dry, stuck; shipwrecked, wrecked; marooned, cast away. 2 she was left stranded in a city she hardly knew: helpless, without help /assistance, without resources, in difficulties; in the lurch, abandoned, forsaken, deserted; trapped, cut off.