Stranded meaning : To run aground; to beach. 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. To break a strand of (a rope). To form by uniting strands. (of a person) Abandoned or marooned. (of a vessel) Run aground on a shore or reef. (of a piece of wire) Made by combining or bundling thinner wires. (of expenses or costs) That has become unrecoverable or difficult to recover. (in combination) Having the specified number or kind of strands.