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Chick Loser
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| Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 11:48 am
Post subject: meaning of stranded |
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Hello,
I checked http://www.m-w.com/ but could not find
the meaning of the verb "stranded" in the context
of referring to people as in:
1. to be stranded
2. to strand somebody
Thank you for your feedback,
C.L.
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Alan OBrien
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| Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 12:07 pm
Post subject: Re: meaning of stranded |
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"Chick Loser" <chickloser@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e0ea39c8.0409252148.4660d442@posting.google.com...
| Quote: | Hello,
I checked http://www.m-w.com/ but could not find
the meaning of the verb "stranded" in the context
of referring to people as in:
1. to be stranded
2. to strand somebody
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It literally means to leave someone alone on a beach. |
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raymond o'hara
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| Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 12:27 pm
Post subject: Re: meaning of stranded |
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"Chick Loser" <chickloser@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e0ea39c8.0409252148.4660d442@posting.google.com...
| Quote: | Hello,
I checked http://www.m-w.com/ but could not find
the meaning of the verb "stranded" in the context
of referring to people as in:
1. to be stranded
2. to strand somebody
Thank you for your feedback,
C.L.
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Pirates were known for being fond of it as a punishment.
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meirman
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| Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 12:29 pm
Post subject: Re: meaning of stranded |
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In alt.english.usage on 25 Sep 2004 22:48:04 -0700
chickloser@hotmail.com (Chick Loser) posted:
| Quote: | Hello,
I checked http://www.m-w.com/ but could not find
the meaning of the verb "stranded" in the context
of referring to people as in:
1. to be stranded
2. to strand somebody
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Did you look under "strand"?
"Stranded" means left with no way to get where one wants to go. If a
ship sinks and you make your way to an island with no people, no
phone, no radio transmitter, and no airport, you're stranded.
If no one picks you up at the airport and it's so late that the buses
and taxis aren't running anymore, you're stranded. People who don't
want to pay for a taxi might consider themselves stranded even if the
taxis are still available.
If you run out of money and your car breaks down and you can't walk
home and are unwilling to hitchhike, you're stranded.
If you're surrounded by flood waters and have no boat, you're
stranded. If you're surrounded by snow or woods and don't have the
strength to get out, you're stranded. Maybe you broke your leg.
Etc.
| Quote: | Thank you for your feedback,
C.L.
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s/ meirman If you are emailing me please
say if you are posting the same response.
Born west of Pittsburgh Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis, 7 years
Chicago, 6 years
Brooklyn NY 12 years
Baltimore 20 years |
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Alan OBrien
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| Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 12:58 pm
Post subject: Re: meaning of stranded |
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"meirman" <meirman@invalid.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | In alt.english.usage on 25 Sep 2004 22:48:04 -0700
chickloser@hotmail.com (Chick Loser) posted:
Hello,
I checked http://www.m-w.com/ but could not find
the meaning of the verb "stranded" in the context
of referring to people as in:
1. to be stranded
2. to strand somebody
Did you look under "strand"?
"Stranded" means left with no way to get where one wants to go. If a
ship sinks and you make your way to an island with no people, no
phone, no radio transmitter, and no airport, you're stranded.
If no one picks you up at the airport and it's so late that the buses
and taxis aren't running anymore, you're stranded. People who don't
want to pay for a taxi might consider themselves stranded even if the
taxis are still available.
If you run out of money and your car breaks down and you can't walk
home and are unwilling to hitchhike, you're stranded.
If you're surrounded by flood waters and have no boat, you're
stranded. If you're surrounded by snow or woods and don't have the
strength to get out, you're stranded. Maybe you broke your leg.
Etc.
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If white castles queenside, and black plays ...Bxa2, white can play b3 and
the bishop is stranded. |
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meirman
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| Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 1:41 pm
Post subject: Re: meaning of stranded |
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In alt.english.usage on Sun, 26 Sep 2004 06:07:17 GMT "Alan OBrien"
<alaneobrienSPAM@blueyonder.co.uk> posted:
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"Chick Loser" <chickloser@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e0ea39c8.0409252148.4660d442@posting.google.com...
Hello,
I checked http://www.m-w.com/ but could not find
the meaning of the verb "stranded" in the context
of referring to people as in:
1. to be stranded
2. to strand somebody
It literally means to leave someone alone on a beach.
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I didn't know that before. Thanks.
s/ meirman If you are emailing me please
say if you are posting the same response.
Born west of Pittsburgh Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis, 7 years
Chicago, 6 years
Brooklyn NY 12 years
Baltimore 20 years |
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don groves
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| Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 6:47 pm
Post subject: Re: meaning of stranded |
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In article <p0t5d.89278$U04.3722@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
alaneobrienSPAM@blueyonder.co.uk wrote...
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"Chick Loser" <chickloser@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e0ea39c8.0409252148.4660d442@posting.google.com...
Hello,
I checked http://www.m-w.com/ but could not find
the meaning of the verb "stranded" in the context
of referring to people as in:
1. to be stranded
2. to strand somebody
It literally means to leave someone alone on a beach.
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As a last resort.
--
dg (domain=ccwebster) |
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Martin Ambuhl
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| Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 11:09 pm
Post subject: Re: meaning of stranded |
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Chick Loser wrote:
| Quote: | Hello,
I checked http://www.m-w.com/ but could not find
the meaning of the verb "stranded" in the context
of referring to people as in:
1. to be stranded
2. to strand somebody
Thank you for your feedback,
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I can't imagine what you found insufficient about MW's information. To
recap
[MWCD11]
Main Entry:2strand
Function:verb
Date:1621
transitive verb
1 : to run, drive, or cause to drift onto a strand : run aground
2 : to leave in a strange or an unfavorable place especially without
funds or means to depart
3 : to leave (a base runner) on base at the end of an inning in
baseball
intransitive verb : to become stranded
Note sense 2 in particular.
If rereading the MW entry doesn't help you, try the following,
especially in sense 2:
[COD11]
strand1
· v. [often as adj. stranded]
1 drive or leave aground on a shore.
2 leave without the means to move from a place.
· n. /literary or Irish/ the shore of a sea, lake, or large river.
– ORIGIN OE, of unknown origin.
If you still have a problem, please repost with some indication about
what that problem is. |
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Raymond S. Wise
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| Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 11:36 pm
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"Alan OBrien" <alaneobrienSPAM@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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"Chick Loser" <chickloser@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e0ea39c8.0409252148.4660d442@posting.google.com...
Hello,
I checked http://www.m-w.com/ but could not find
the meaning of the verb "stranded" in the context
of referring to people as in:
1. to be stranded
2. to strand somebody
It literally means to leave someone alone on a beach.
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Come to think of it, Nevil Shute's novel *On the Beach* could have been
named *Stranded* instead.
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Raymond S. Wise
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
E-mail: mplsray @ yahoo . com |
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Don Phillipson
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| Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 6:01 pm
Post subject: Re: meaning of stranded |
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"Chick Loser" <chickloser@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e0ea39c8.0409252148.4660d442@posting.google.com...
| Quote: | I checked http://www.m-w.com/ but could not find
the meaning of the verb "stranded" in the context
of referring to people as in:
1. to be stranded
2. to strand somebody
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Strand is an old word for a seashore:
so a stranded boat is a boat aground,
stuck on the seashore, and a stranded
person is someone isolated from help
as if alone on the seashore, like a
stranded boat.
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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada) |
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Harvey Van Sickle
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| Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 6:51 pm
Post subject: Re: meaning of stranded |
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On 27 Sep 2004, Don Phillipson wrote
| Quote: | "Chick Loser" <chickloser@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e0ea39c8.0409252148.4660d442@posting.google.com...
I checked http://www.m-w.com/ but could not find
the meaning of the verb "stranded" in the context
of referring to people as in:
1. to be stranded
2. to strand somebody
Strand is an old word for a seashore:
so a stranded boat is a boat aground,
stuck on the seashore, and a stranded
person is someone isolated from help
as if alone on the seashore, like a
stranded boat.
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It's normally applied to the seashore, but I think by extension it may
once have referred to any tidal setting. ("The Srand" in London was
the road which ran along the Thames; beyond this were private grounds
which ran down to the tidal river, interrupted by narrow lanes leading
to public river stairs and landing-places.)
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Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 22 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey.news to harvey.van) |
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