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[ adjective ] cut off or left behind

Synonyms

marooned isolated

Examples

"an isolated pawn" "several stranded fish in a tide pool" "travelers marooned by the blizzard"

Used in print

(L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)

Reefs are left high_and_dry , and the beaches are covered with stranded fish .

Related terms

unaccompanied

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[ adjective ] with the bottom lodged on a reef or shoal in shallow water

Related terms

aground

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