Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Stranded.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Stranded.
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- adjective
stranded
Etymologies
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Examples
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There were some boats and barges astrand in the mud, and these enabled us to come within a few yards of her without being seen.
David Copperfield 2007
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There were some boats and barges astrand in the mud, and these enabled us to come within a few yards of her without being seen.
David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917
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Sunset found me in the cove, not hidden by the leaves as before, but sitting in the boat astrand.
A Trip to Venus John Munro 1889
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There were some boats and barges astrand in the mud, and these enabled us to come within a few yards of her without being seen.
David Copperfield 1850
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There were some boats and barges astrand in the mud, and these enabled us to come within a few yards of her without being seen.
David Copperfield Charles Dickens 1841
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Mademoiselle had just attempted to show her independence: tired of not being married, with a curse on the greatness which kept her astrand, she had made up her mind to a love-match.
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 1830
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