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stranding

/ˈstrændɪŋ/

strandingnoun

strandings

Translations

blocageSens général : fait de se retrouver coincé ou sans moyen de transport.

The sudden cancellation of the bus service led to the stranding of several passengers at the station.

L’annulation soudaine du service de bus a entraîné le blocage de plusieurs passagers à la gare.

échouageMaritime ; s’emploie aussi pour un animal marin échoué sur la plage.

The stranding of the whale on the beach attracted a lot of attention from the local community.

L’échouage de la baleine sur la plage a attiré beaucoup d’attention de la part de la communauté locale.

Additional translations

rejet de prépositionLinguistique ; terme consacré en grammaire anglaise.

toronnageTechnique ; industrie des câbles et des fils.

Definitions

The act or process of a ship, boat, or sea creature being left aground or ashore.

The stranding of the whale on the beach attracted a lot of attention from the local community.

A situation in which someone is left in a difficult or helpless position, often without means of transportation.

The sudden cancellation of the bus service led to the stranding of several passengers at the station.

The syntactic phenomenon, especially in English grammar, in which a preposition or similar element is separated from its complement, typically appearing at the end of a clause.

Preposition stranding is common in conversational English.

The process of twisting individual wires or fibers together to form a strand, especially in rope or cable manufacturing.

Proper stranding of the conductors reduces cable fatigue.

Synonyms

strandingadjective

/ˈstrændɪŋ/

Attributive use of the noun; used before another noun to denote relation to a stranding event.

Translations

d’échouementEmploi surtout technique ; se dit d’une opération, d’un dispositif ou d’une intervention liée à un échouement.

The coast guard launched a stranding response effort.

Les garde-côtes ont lancé une opération de secours d’échouement.

Definitions

Relating to an event or process in which someone or something becomes stranded.

The coast guard launched a stranding response effort.

Synonyms

strandverb

stranding

Gerund

stranded

Past Simple

stranded

Past Participle

stranding

Gerund

/strænd/

Translations

échouerAu sens de laisser quelqu’un ou quelque chose bloqué sans possibilité de repartir.

The storm stranded the hikers on the mountain overnight.

La tempête a échoué les randonneurs sur la montagne pour la nuit.

échouerPour un bateau, un navire ou un animal marin immobilisé sur le rivage.

The captain accidentally stranded the ship on the sandbar.

Le capitaine a accidentellement échoué le navire sur le banc de sable.

Additional translations

torsaderEn technique : réunir des fibres, fils ou fils métalliques par torsion.

Definitions

To leave someone in a difficult or helpless situation, often without means of escape.

The storm stranded the hikers on the mountain overnight.

To drive or leave a boat, ship, or sea creature aground on a shore.

The captain accidentally stranded the ship on the sandbar.

To form or arrange (something) by twisting fibers, threads, or wires together.

The artisan stranded the thin wires into a stronger cable.

Synonyms

strandnoun

Definitions

A single thin length of something such as thread, fiber, or wire, especially as twisted together with others.

She carefully separated a strand of hair from the rest.

A shore or beach.

The children played on the sandy strand all afternoon.

A component of a complex whole, especially a sequence of DNA or RNA.

Scientists examined the DNA strand to understand the genetic makeup.

An aspect, element, or thread of a larger story, argument, plan, or process.

One strand of the investigation focused on fraudulent accounting.

strandadjective

Definitions

Attributive. Relating to a single filament, wire, or nucleic-acid section used before another noun.

The test detects single-strand breaks in DNA.

strandproper noun

Definitions

A major thoroughfare in central London running from Trafalgar Square to Temple Bar, commonly referred to as "the Strand".

They booked a hotel on the Strand to be close to the West End theatres.