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stranding

/ˈstrændɪŋ/

strandingnoun

strandings

Translations

выброс

The stranding of whales on the beach was a tragic event.

Выброс китов на пляж был трагическим событием.

застревание

The stranding of the ship on the rocks caused a major delay.

Застревание корабля на скалах вызвало значительную задержку.

Additional translations

посадка на мель

выброс на берег

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.

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

застрять

The storm caused the ship to strand on the rocks.

Шторм заставил корабль застрять на скалах.

оставить в затруднительном положении

The sudden cancellation of the flight stranded many passengers at the airport.

Внезапная отмена рейса оставила многих пассажиров в затруднительном положении в аэропорту.

Additional translations

споткнуться

загнать в тупик

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.