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strand

/strænd/ /strænd/
  1. 1 (birini bir yerde) mahsur bırakmak, (bir yerde) mahsur kalmak
  2. 2 (gemi, tekne) karaya oturmak, (balina) karaya vurmak

Definition (English)

  1. To leave someone in a place that the person cannot leave, for example because there is no transport.
  2. To leave a boat, fish or whale on a beach or shore, out of the water.

Example Sentences

  1. Hundreds of passengers were stranded at the airport by the snowstorm.
    Kar fırtınası yüzünden yüzlerce yolcu havalimanında mahsur kaldı.
  2. The broken lift stranded us on the tenth floor for an hour.
    Bozulan asansör bizi bir saat boyunca onuncu katta mahsur bıraktı.
  3. Dozens of whales were stranded on the beach after the storm.
    Fırtınadan sonra onlarca balina karaya vurdu.
  4. The falling tide stranded the small boat on a sandbank.
    Alçalan sular küçük tekneyi bir kum sığlığında karaya oturttu.

Verb Forms Regular

Base strand
/strænd/
Past stranded
/strændɪd/
Participle stranded
/strændɪd/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edstrand → stranded

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil /d/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed ayrı bir hece olur ve /ɪd/ okunur. stranded /strændɪd/

Synonyms

Collocations

be stranded at the airportbe stranded on an islandleave someone strandedbe stranded without moneystranded passengersa stranded whale

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