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stranded

ˈstrændɪd
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Sheet with 16 scenes from the story of Robinson Crusoe who is stranded on an island. Under each image a caption in Dutch and French. Numbered top center: N. 136.
Sheet with 16 scenes from the story of Robinson Crusoe who is stranded on an island. Under each image a caption in Dutch and French. Numbered top center: N. 136.
  1. (adj) stranded
    cut off or left behind "an isolated pawn","several stranded fish in a tide pool","travelers marooned by the blizzard"
Illustrations
Girl in traditional costume from Hoorn. She is standing in a landscape with a strand of garlic in her right hand, a bucket on the other arm. In the background an inn with a sign and a smoking chimney.
Girl in traditional costume from Hoorn. She is standing in a landscape with a strand of garlic in her right hand, a bucket on the other arm. In the background an inn with a sign and a smoking chimney.
Members of the crew of the VOC ship Terschelling, who are stranded on a lonely island off Bengal, argue over the meat of a dead buffalo. Two men with knives face each other.
Members of the crew of the VOC ship Terschelling, who are stranded on a lonely island off Bengal, argue over the meat of a dead buffalo. Two men with knives face each other.
Two men take the measurements of a pilot whale, a small whale, stranded near Zandvoort, November 21, 1594. Several spectators on the beach. With caption of 4 lines in Latin. Printed separately under the plate 2 verses of 7 lines each in Dutch.
Two men take the measurements of a pilot whale, a small whale, stranded near Zandvoort, November 21, 1594. Several spectators on the beach. With caption of 4 lines in Latin. Printed separately under the plate 2 verses of 7 lines each in Dutch.
A sperm whale tied with two anchors and ropes is climbed and measured. The whale stranded on February 2, 1598 on the beach at Berckhey between Katwijk and Scheveningen.
A sperm whale tied with two anchors and ropes is climbed and measured. The whale stranded on February 2, 1598 on the beach at Berckhey between Katwijk and Scheveningen.
Stranding of the English East Indiaman General Barker at Zandvoort, 16 February 1781. Sailors and parts of the cargo wash up near the coast.
Stranding of the English East Indiaman General Barker at Zandvoort, 16 February 1781. Sailors and parts of the cargo wash up near the coast.
Overview of the whales that stranded on the Dutch coast between the years 1519-1617. In the foreground is a large sperm whale that is being climbed and measured. On the North Sea beach left and right from Wijk aan Zee to Ter Heijde several stranded sperm whales. In the depiction the mention of a crocodile-like monster being washed ashore on February 12, 1617. For some animals, the price that the carcass yielded when sold is stated. In the distance the cities of Haarlem, Leiden and The Hague. Printed separately below the print a description of the stranded whales in 3 columns in Dutch.
Overview of the whales that stranded on the Dutch coast between the years 1519-1617. In the foreground is a large sperm whale that is being climbed and measured. On the North Sea beach left and right from Wijk aan Zee to Ter Heijde several stranded sperm whales. In the depiction the mention of a crocodile-like monster being washed ashore on February 12, 1617. For some animals, the price that the carcass yielded when sold is stated. In the distance the cities of Haarlem, Leiden and The Hague. Printed separately below the print a description of the stranded whales in 3 columns in Dutch.
Copy of the print of the whale (sperm whale) stranded on February 2, 1598 on the beach at Berckhey between Katwijk and Scheveningen when the whale was stationed near Ancona in Italy on February 25, 1601. With many visitors on the beach, some riders in the foreground, behind the animal a procession of people and wagons, to the right the sea. With caption of 3 lines in Italian. Mirror-image copy after Jacob Matham's original.
Copy of the print of the whale (sperm whale) stranded on February 2, 1598 on the beach at Berckhey between Katwijk and Scheveningen when the whale was stationed near Ancona in Italy on February 25, 1601. With many visitors on the beach, some riders in the foreground, behind the animal a procession of people and wagons, to the right the sea. With caption of 3 lines in Italian. Mirror-image copy after Jacob Matham's original.
According to the caption on the cartouche, this sperm whale stranded on the beach of Noordwijk on December 28, 1614. The length of the animal was 58 feet. Van de Velde documents the event with this print. It shows the workmen who deal with the big fish and the fashionably dressed spectators on the beach. The cartouche is flanked by two fishermen. In the background, the dunes of the coast are visible and ships on the sea.
According to the caption on the cartouche, this sperm whale stranded on the beach of Noordwijk on December 28, 1614. The length of the animal was 58 feet. Van de Velde documents the event with this print. It shows the workmen who deal with the big fish and the fashionably dressed spectators on the beach. The cartouche is flanked by two fishermen. In the background, the dunes of the coast are visible and ships on the sea.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (p.adj) Stranded
    driven on shore: left helpless without further resource
Quotations
George Eliot
Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other?
George Eliot
O. Henry Porter
She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
O. Henry Porter
Edmund Burke
Spain: A whale stranded upon the coast of Europe.
Edmund Burke
Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment.
Owen Felltham
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. strand; Ger. strand, Ice. strönd, border.

Usage in the news

Barley Hopsters will host another edition of Movie and Beer at 7 pm Thursday, Feb 23, at the Strand Theatre, located at 28 E Winter St in Delaware. columbusalive.com

As Rita approached, at least three buildings caught fire in the Galveston's Strand District. usatoday.com

We were stranded in a Boston hotel Sunday, but we made the best of it. mvtimes.com

Grudzielanek ended up stranded after Asdrubal Cabrera hit into a double play. cleveland.com

First responders rescue flood-stranded people in Little Ferry, N.J. jsu.org

Last night's rain left many people stranded, forcing many drivers to pull over because of the detrimental rain storms, but as fast as the rains came in the floods left with them. pro8news.com

Firefighter Josh Strand loads emergency equipment into the Brush Volunteer Fire Department s new fire engine . brushnewstribune.com

STAY COOL TIP On either side of your head, roll back the strands along your hairline, adding more hair as your work your way backwards, just like you do with a French braid. instyle.com

A new strand of swine flu is sweeping the Hoosier state , and it's spreading to other states as well. thitv.com

A family portrait shows (back from left) Vincent Strand, Luke Strand and more. ashingtontimes.com

Ragtime at the Strand. baystatebanner.com

Actors Damian Norfleet and Tia DeShazor star in the musical, now running through Oct 7 at the Strand Theatre. dotnews.com

View full size John Luttermoser, The Plain Dealer Stranded trucks wait for a narrow bridge to be cleared in Nimba County, Liberia on Aug 30. cleveland.com

Wi-Fi dog provides Internet to stranded horse. citypaper.net

It is February 2, and he's stranded in baseball's off-season. dallasobserver.com

Usage in scientific papers

This partition function is the partition function of 2 strands (replica bundles), with interactions between replicas inside each strand 1 and 2, no interactions between these two strands (this would result in higher replica operators, not Φ), and constrained to be in contact via the replica α0 .
Field Theory of the RNA Freezing Transition

We only need the Q = 2 diagrams, i.e. the connected 2-strand diagrams with inter-strand interactions between Q = 2 replicas.
Field Theory of the RNA Freezing Transition

A force insertion on the free strand is represented by a planar diagram, of order O(1). (b) A non-planar diagram represents a force insertion on a non-free part of the strand and is of order O(N −1 ).
Field Theory of the RNA Freezing Transition

This position can be thought of as splitting into two identical crossingless matchings (on some P ∈ Conf 0 2n (C)) and a braid on 2n strands consisting of β on the left-hand n strands and the trivial braid on the others as in the picture.
An invariant of link cobordisms from symplectic Khovanov homology

Here (−∞, 0] and [0, ∞) are the two open strands of the “zipper” while η is the closed (zipped up) strand.
Conformal weldings of random surfaces: SLE and the quantum gravity zipper

Usage in literature

You know that measly ten-cent circus that was to show here last month got stranded. "Dixie Hart" by Will N. Harben

The use of simple strands or parts in textile art precedes the use of spun threads, but the one use leads very naturally up to the other. "Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States" by William Henry Holmes

However, when one's low one must crawl, and I'm crawling down to the Strand. "The Tragic Muse" by Henry James

She was lonely as only a Parisian can be, stranded in an alien country. "Europe After 8:15" by H. L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan and Willard Huntington Wright

Moreover the weft may be composed of one strand or of several strands together. "Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving" by Grace Christie

Strand, London; and GARDNER, 7. "Notes and Queries, Number 186, May 21, 1853" by Various

London JOHN W. PARKER & SON, West Strand. "Notes and Queries, Number 187, May 28, 1853" by Various

This new customer was a young-looking man, bearing a large board on a high pole, announcing the residence of a Bug-destroyer in the Strand. "Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II." by Pierce Egan

In the other, the circumstances are woven together like the strands of a rope. "The Shrieking Pit" by Arthur J. Rees

Next he pulled the divided ends into strands, hoping that the rope would look as though it had broken apart. "Madge Morton's Secret" by Amy D. V. Chalmers

Usage in poetry
All own; but few, alas! will love;
Too like the recreant band
That with Thy patient spirit strove
Upon the Red-sea strand.
"Eighteenth Sunday After Trinity" by John Keble Author object (382)
Our king has written a braid letter,
And seald it with his hand,
And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens,
Was walking on the strand.
"Sir Patrick Spens" by Anonymous British
"Come up, come up, my eldest son,
And look oer yon sea-strand,
And see your father's new-come bride,
Before she come to land."
"Fair Annie" by Andrew Lang Author object (36)
O lang, lang may the ladyes sit,
Wi' their fans into their hand,
Before they see Sir Patrick Spens
Come sailing to the strand!
"Sir Patrick Spens" by Anonymous British
Wake: the silver dusk returning
Up the beach of darkness brims,
And the ship of sunrise burning
Strands upon the eastern rims.
"IV: Reveille" by A E Housman
O azure sky, O emerald earth,
I hasten to you, native strand;
I come, afflicted; ease my heart
That inly bleeds, O mother-land.
"Dawn" by Akaki Tsereteli Author object (18)