Word Finder - stranded

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To run aground; to beach.

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To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.

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To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.

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Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.

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To break a strand of (a rope).

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To form by uniting strands.

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(of a person) Abandoned or marooned.

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(of a vessel) Run aground on a shore or reef.

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(of a piece of wire) Made by combining or bundling thinner wires.

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(of expenses or costs) That has become unrecoverable or difficult to recover.

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(in combination) Having the specified number or kind of strands.

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single-stranded, double-stranded

I'm worried sick about my wife stranded who knows where.

But I will promise you that I'll never run off and leave you stranded.

The case of a stranded ship and cargo often gives rise to difficulty as to whether the cost of operations to lighten the ship, and afterwards to get her floated, should be treated as G.A.

She wouldn't be stranded on some foreign, deserted planet!

Take the case of a stranded ship carrying a bulky cargo of hemp and grain, but carrying also some bullion.

Those frequenting the coast feed on dead fish, crabs and an occasional stranded whale, though they are also a danger to the sheep and cattle kraal.

From a penalty corner, Craig Parnham's flick looped up off a defender's stick and over the stranded goalkeeper.

Blanka was stranded in the Brazilian jungles as a young child, being raised by animals.

A rescue team is always on hold near where Stroud is stranded.

Iron Butterfly missed their performance because they were stranded in an airport.

The expression stranded whale was not out of place.

First as regards the transmitting part, one essential element is the antenna, aerial, or air wire, which may take a variety of forms. It may consist of a single plain or stranded copper wire upheld at the top by an insulator from a mast, chimney or building.

The fibers in the compost create air pockets in which tiny seeds can become stranded.

Building new airport capacity at the rate projected would leave the UK with seriously misconceived investment in ' stranded assets ' .

They are less likely to leave you stranded on the side of the road.

There are many different types of threads, including DMC cotton, stranded cotton, perl cotton, silk, metallic, and even wool.

In 1648 one of their ships was stranded in Table Bay, and the shipwrecked crew were left to forage for themselves on shore for several months.

Rescue operation for stranded fish Work stops for breeding sand martin... Spotting Welsh wild life Five rescued from inflatables off R. .

Lastly, if you agree to a date, don't leave the person stranded.

On the hour Dwyer scored again - this time a looping header beating a stranded Nower.

Recently the california trouser snake was stranded up in the western isles on Barra for a week with...

Where else in the world would you change draw times to accommodate players stranded in New York by an early season snow storm.

Stranded in those green velour pants - no wonder he was in tears.

We've all heard stories about bridal shops suddenly closing down leaving brides-to-be stranded without their wedding dresses or caterers forgetting to show up for their scheduled events.

On the night of the Grammy Awards, Chris Brown and Rihanna got into a physical altercation which ended in Rihanna being stranded on a California street in a car with no keys.

This is a more dressy option in a stranded silver ball necklace.

Still another look is a three stranded chain attached together and unified by a single ball.

In addition, being stranded in a vehicle in freezing weather can be very dangerous and life threatening.

For example, Madonna's "Material Girl" is accompanied by the story of a couple of socialites (not unlike Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton) who are stranded on a desert island.

Stranded on Halo, you resolve to remove this alien threat and save humanity.

The adventure mode is much like other Metroid titles that have Samus stranded on a world to battle enemies and seek out power-ups throughout the planet's environments.

In one player mode, you are stranded on a distant planet called Aether.

You find yourself stranded on some foreign planet… stop me if you've heard this one before… and they've found yet another lame excuse to have all of the abilities Ms. Aran learned in the last game sucked away through mysterious forces.

If you think that opting for a skirted swimsuit might leave you stranded in a fashion no-man's land, prepare to be pleasantly surprised.

On her way there, her RIGHT tire blew out, and she was LEFT stranded in the snow.

This film, directed by Brett Simmons, is about a group of friends who become stranded on a weekend trip and are attacked by human scarecrows that have been reanimated.

Without travel insurance, you may be stranded, or forced to pay out of pocket to cover additional expenses.

One of the services that State Farm is known best for is the State Farm Safety Patrol, which offers free roadside assistance to individuals who are stranded on certain highways.

The group followed this up with Brigade, which is perhaps best known for the hit single All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You, but also scored with Stranded.

Ratings juggernaut Survivor stranded its first castaways on a remote island in 2000.

On the show, Grylls is left in an extreme situation and must find his way out of the place he has been stranded and back to safety.

Instead of staying on the desert island he was supposed to be stranded on in Hawaii, Grylls spent nights at a hotel.

The show is a spin-off of another Stroud show, Stranded.

The premise of Stranded was very similar to Survivorman.

Departing in a rush, his ship leaves without him, leaving him stranded on a strange planet.

Our Space Cases are stranded on a partially sentient alien ship that will only respond to the students' commands - so now, the failing students have no choice but to pull their act together and get themselves home.

Stranded on the far side of the galaxy and seventy years' travel from home, there was no Starfleet to watch her back or come to the rescue in the nick of time.

At one point, Janeway and Chakotay were even stranded together on a planet for what they believed to be for life, but returned to their semi-formal relationship once they were rescued.

The very rebels they were attempting to arrest are incorporated into the ship's crew, and they too have reasons to despise Tom - he was in the process of betraying them by leading Voyager to them when both ships got stranded.

Ford Prefect - has been stranded on Earth for the past fifteen years, a native of Betelgeuse, and roving researcher for that amazing compendium, the Hitchhiker's Guide.