Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Stranded.

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  • adverb Stranded.

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  • adjective stranded

Etymologies

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a- +‎ strand

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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