WordNet
v. of boats [syn: run aground]
Usage examples of "get stranded".
Plants and animals that live in shallow water close to the shore get stranded by the tides, and over time they evolve so that they can live on land or in water.
I had a moment of panic that I should lose the channel and get stranded among the breakers on the bar.
The worlds a traveler had to stay away from if he didn't want to get stranded.
If I get stranded down here, I'll go back to one of the cities and join the freedom fighters until the situation is resolved.
If we let go by accident, you could get stranded, and we might have trouble finding you.
The commoners riding them would likely get stranded in the snow and die up here before midwinter, just as these elephants would die.
Ford Prefect was desperate that any flying saucer at all would arrive soon because fifteen years was a long time to get stranded anywhere, particularly somewhere as mindboggingly dull as the Earth.