simple past tense and past participle of strand
"After the storm destroyed the bridge, we were stranded on a deserted island for three days."
In plain English: To be stranded means to find yourself stuck somewhere with no way out and nothing that can help you get away.
"We were stranded at the airport when all flights to London were cancelled due to bad weather."
Abandoned or marooned.
"The boat was stranded on the rocks after hitting a storm, leaving the crew to wait for rescue."
The word stranded comes from combining the noun strand with the suffix -ed. It originally meant being left on a beach by receding water before taking on its current sense of being stuck or abandoned.