strand1

 
Pronunciation: /strand/

verb

[with object]
  • drive or leave (a boat, sailor, or sea creature) aground on a shore: the ships were stranded in shallow water quantities of sea creatures were were left stranded
  • leave (someone) without the means to move from somewhere: two of the firm’s lorries are stranded in France

noun

literary or Irish
  • the shore of a sea, lake, or large river: a heron glided to rest on a pebbly strand

Origin:

Old English (as a noun), of unknown origin. The verb dates from the early 17th century