verb. Simple past tense and past participle of strand.

adjective. abandoned or marooned.

adjective. Run aground on a shore or reef.

adjective. a piece of wire made by combining or bundling thinner wires

adjective. expenses or costs which have become unrecoverable or difficult to recover.

adjective. cut off or left behind

"In about two dozen states -- including Maryland -- it forced ratepayers to eat some $100 billion in "stranded" reactor costs in preparation for "free competition.""

unaccompanied  

banded  branded  candid  commanded  demanded  

aground  aground  anchored  beached  castaway  

strand