Adjective : a five-stranded rope.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : The receding tide stranded the whale. ,He was stranded in the middle of nowhere.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : He stranded in the middle of his speech.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : the strands of a plot.    From Dictionary.com. 

Blame swirls in stranded Continental Express flight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blame swirls in stranded Continental Express flight] Reference

Blame swirls in stranded Continental Express flight - USATODAY. com.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blame swirls in stranded Continental Express flight] Reference

It's Day 5 of Hurricane Katrina and thousands remain stranded in New Orleans and need to be airlifted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-09-01] Reference

In addition, its high altitude means that it has areas with animals and vegitation stranded from the last ice age.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waldo Jaquith - Joining the Commonwealth Quest.] Reference

I turned the green and orange yarns into an experiment in stranded color knitting, making up patterns as I went along.    From Wordnik.com.  [experimentation « Dyepot, Teapot] Reference

"Those are what the utility industry calls stranded assets.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Power People] Reference

Among the stranded were the men's and women's basketball teams from Buffalo's D'Youville.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking News: CBS News] Reference

A: It was part of an overall agreement to allow utilities to recover what were called their stranded costs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Berks county news] Reference

Daniel here, a "stranded" Swede in New York with soon to be wife Lena.    From Wordnik.com.  [LIVE Blog: Chat with us during the show] Reference

Someone should educate JR that Mohamud wasn't simply "stranded" in Kenya.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's a mystery.] Reference

Now she's "stranded" in Michigan with no job and little hope for the future.    From Wordnik.com.  [Axium's Ugly Ripples] Reference

Now she's "stranded" in Michigan with no job and little hope for the future.    From Wordnik.com.  [Axium's Ugly Ripples] Reference

British Airways has canceled 208 flights since Thursday, and has "stranded" between 15,000 and 20,000 bags.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

Find out the situation with yours before you get to the airport, as "stranded" is a situation best left to other people.    From Wordnik.com.  [seanan_mcguire: Seanan's Guide to Surviving the San Diego Comic Convention, 2009 Edition.] Reference

US: Toyota has 70,000 'stranded' dealer stock units.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily automotive news and comment - from just-auto.com] Reference

United Kingdom: Polar bear 'stranded' on The Thames.    From Wordnik.com.  [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference

It made it a little more 'stranded' than 'deserted'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference

I've been "stranded" in Hoots since a week ago Friday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newscoma] Reference

It's left some references 'stranded', and seems cumbersome.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Cong leaders 'stranded' as pilot flees after mob stones chopper.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Elena Dementieva's weakness means Serena Williams can resume normal service] Reference

"They're kind of stranded on a desert island together," Spellings said.    From Wordnik.com.  [News for Lynchburg News Advance] Reference

It's the tree hugging fcukers who rescue 'stranded' whales that p! ss me off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Rumour Service] Reference

The photo of "stranded" polar bears came from a photographer named Amanda Byrd.    From Wordnik.com.  [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference

Of course, "stranded" is different than "stuck" but I think you see what I mean.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

We do a significant amount of travel - and have a number of people (myself included) "stranded".    From Wordnik.com.  [PersonnelToday.com - All HR news stories] Reference

But some residents are effectively 'stranded' between the new barrier and the existing riverside levees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

When it appeared the silence would stretch on indefi - nitely, Tas said, "Well, we are -- stranded, that is.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kendermore]

Two hundred Britons 'stranded' abroad and holidays of another 10,000 in jeopardy as online travel agent fails.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

Some of us have been "stranded" by the telecast crew in the past who didn't keep us updated on the rain delay.    From Wordnik.com.  [CubsNet.com] Reference

"stranded" because they have very high transport costs.    From Wordnik.com.  [AltEnergyStocks.com] Reference

Many South Vietnamese were stranded, caught in a bureaucratic snarl.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last Days Of Saigon] Reference

Call 212-876-7700 (extension 4738) if you know of a pet that's stranded.    From Wordnik.com.  [How You Can Help] Reference

The Marine guards lobbed tear-gas grenades down on the last 400 Vietnamese stranded below.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last Days Of Saigon] Reference

With Mother Nature getting that grumpy, there wasn't much the stranded cot-dwellers could do.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great White Wait] Reference

If the supply store's closed, or you're stranded at the dock, Mercury Marine could save your stern.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bolts In A Box] Reference

In Switzerland alone, more than 100,000 tourists were stranded, many at high-end resorts like Zermatt and Davos.    From Wordnik.com.  [Death In The Alps] Reference

Instead, it stranded its dealers with cars and vans that, in comparison to the competition, were cramped, slow and boring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Secret Weapon] Reference