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The correct spelling is stranded.
How to pronounce stranded
verb
Say it like: Str-and-ed
The correct spelling is stranded. To run aground; to beach. For example: "Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair."
Usage Examples
“Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.”
“single-stranded, double-stranded”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To run aground; to beach.
- 2.To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
- 3.To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
- 4.To break a strand of (a rope).
- 5.To form by uniting strands.
adjective
- 1.(of a person) Abandoned or marooned.
- 2.(of a vessel) Run aground on a shore or reef.
- 3.(of a piece of wire) Made by combining or bundling thinner wires.
- 4.(of expenses or costs) That has become unrecoverable or difficult to recover.
- 5.(in combination) Having the specified number or kind of strands.
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