different between stranded vs ashore

English

Verb

stranded

1. simple past tense and past participle of strand

Adjective

stranded

1. (of a person) Abandoned or marooned.
2. (nautical, of a vessel) Run aground on a shore or reef.
3. (of a piece of wire) Made by combining or bundling thinner wires.
4. (of expenses or costs) That has become unrecoverable or difficult to recover.
   • With utility deregulation, undepreciated equipment which is now redundant may have to be allocated as stranded costs.
5. (in combination) Having the specified number or kind of strands.

Translations

References

• FM 55-501 Marine Crewman’s Handbook

Anagrams

• darndest

English

Etymology

a- +? shore; see also onshore

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?????/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?????/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger)IPA^(key): /???o(?)?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /???o?/
• Homophone: assure (accents with the pour–poor merger)
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Adverb

ashore (not comparable)

1. (nautical) On the land as opposed to onboard.
   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II scene ii^[1]:

     I shall no more to sea, to sea, / Here shall I die ashore— […]

2. (nautical) On, or towards the shore.
   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II scene ii:

     Swum ashore, man, like a duck. I can swim like a duck, I'll be sworn.

Usage notes

• When a ship collides with the shore it is said to have run ashore; when a ship collides with a submerged object, such as a reef or sandbar, it is said to have run aground.

Derived terms

• hangashore

Synonyms

• aland

Translations

Anagrams

• ahorse, hearos, hoarse, shoare

Middle English

Etymology

From a- (“on”) +? shore (“a prop; support”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a????r?/

Adverb

ash?re

1. aslant, on a slant

Derived terms

• setten ashore

References

• “ash?re, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.