strand

About 5.38 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The shore or beach of the sea or ocean.

   Grand Strand

2. noun The shore or beach of a lake or river.
3. noun A small brook or rivulet.
4. noun A passage for water; gutter.
5. noun A street.
6. verb To run aground; to beach.
7. verb To run aground.
8. verb To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert. To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.

   Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.

Similar words

chain string filament fibril maroon beach shore coast stream plank

Often followed by

of in and is breaks to was dna that

Word family

stranded stranding strands