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stranded adjective

  • (of a person) Abandoned or marooned.
  • (of a piece of wire) Made by combining or bundling thinner wires (into a strand).
 abandonné
  • (nautical, of a vessel) Run aground on a shore or reef.
 échoué

strand verb

  /stɹænd/ , [stɹɛənd]
  • (transitive, figuratively) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
 abandonner
  • (transitive, nautical) To run aground; to beach.
  • (transitive, grammar) To leave an element (e.g., an adposition) without its complement adjacent to it.
 échouer

strand noun

  /stɹænd/ , [stɹɛənd]
  • (genetics) A nucleotide chain.
 brin
  • An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
 mèche
  • Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
 brin, toron
  • A string.
 cordelette

strand noun

  /stɹænd/ , [stɹɛənd]
  • The shore or beach of the sea or ocean.
 grève
stranded gas
gaz délaissé
stranded oil
pétrole délaissé
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