The meaning of Marooning

Marooning – definition

verb
Leave (someone) trapped and alone in an inaccessible place, especially an island.
Usage examples:
A novel about schoolboys marooned on a desert island
Synonims:
Strand Leave stranded Cast away Cast ashore Abandon Leave behind Leave Leave in the lurch Desert Turn one's back on Leave isolated Leave high and dry Forsake

adjective
Of a brownish-red colour.
Usage examples:
Ornate maroon and gold wallpaper

noun
A brownish-red colour.
Usage examples:
The hat is available in either white or maroon

noun
A firework that makes a loud bang, used as a signal or warning.
Usage examples:
For years the start and end of the two minutes silence across the town has been signalled by the fi…

noun
A member of any of various communities in parts of the caribbean who were originally descended from escaped slaves. in the 18th century jamaican maroons fought two wars against the british, both of which ended with treaties affirming the independence of the maroons.
Usage examples:
We cannot know for certain what languages were spoken by the maroons

Marooning translation into English

Marooning: translate from English into Chinese

流放, 放逐

Marooning: translate from English into Dutch

Marooning, Isoleren, Aan zijn lot overlaten

Marooning: translate from English into French

Marronner

Marooning: translate from English into German

Aussetzung

Marooning: translate from English into Hindi

मैरूनिंग

Marooning: translate from English into Italian

Abbandonare, Abbandonare in luogo deserto

Marooning: translate from English into Korean

마루닝, 섬으로 귀양보내다, 빈들빈들 놀다

Marooning: translate from English into Russian

Марунинг

Marooning: translate from English into Spanish

Abandono, Aislar, Abandonar en un sitio desolado

Word origin

early 18th century: from Maroon, originally in the form marooned ‘lost in the wilds’.

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Marooning – similar words

maroons

noun
A brownish-red colour.
Usage examples:
The hat is available in either white or maroon

verb
Leave (someone) trapped and alone in an inaccessible place, especially an island.
Usage examples:
A novel about schoolboys marooned on a desert island

noun
A member of any of various communities in parts of the caribbean who were originally descended from escaped slaves. in the 18th century jamaican maroons fought two wars against the british, both of which ended with treaties affirming the independence of the maroons.
Usage examples:
We cannot know for certain what languages were spoken by the maroons

All meanings and translations of Maroons

marooner

noun
A pirate.
Usage examples:
The marooners who escaped carried their wanton ravages to other parts of the world.

All meanings and translations of Marooner

marooned

verb
Leave (someone) trapped and alone in an inaccessible place, especially an island.
Usage examples:
A novel about schoolboys marooned on a desert island

adjective
Of a brownish-red colour.
Usage examples:
Ornate maroon and gold wallpaper

noun
A brownish-red colour.
Usage examples:
The hat is available in either white or maroon

All meanings and translations of Marooned

maroon

adjective
Of a brownish-red colour.
Usage examples:
Ornate maroon and gold wallpaper

noun
A brownish-red colour.
Usage examples:
The hat is available in either white or maroon

verb
Leave (someone) trapped and alone in an inaccessible place, especially an island.
Usage examples:
A novel about schoolboys marooned on a desert island

All meanings and translations of Maroon

Marooning synonims

abandon

verb
Cease to support or look after (someone); desert.
Usage examples:
Her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age

noun
Complete lack of inhibition or restraint.
Usage examples:
She sings and sways with total abandon

verb
Forsake; leave behind

All meanings and translations of Abandon

desert

verb
Abandon (a person, cause, or organization) in a way considered disloyal or treacherous.
Usage examples:
We feel our public representatives have deserted us

noun
A waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation, typically one covered with sand.
Usage examples:
The desert of the sinai peninsula is a harsh place

adjective
Like a desert.
Usage examples:
Overgrazing has created desert conditions

All meanings and translations of Desert

forsake

verb
Abandon or leave.
Usage examples:
He would never forsake tara

verb
To leave forever or to give up completely
Usage examples:
I thought she might forsake ballet in favor of irish dancing.

All meanings and translations of Forsake

leave

liːv

verb
Go away from.
Usage examples:
She left london on june 6

noun
(in snooker, croquet, and other games) the position in which a player leaves the balls for the next player.

noun
Time when one has permission to be absent from work or from duty in the armed forces.
Usage examples:
Joe was home on leave

All meanings and translations of Leave

strand

verb
Leave (someone) without the means to move from somewhere.
Usage examples:
Two of the firm's trucks are stranded in france

noun
The shore of a sea, lake, or large river.
Usage examples:
A heron glided to rest on a pebbly strand

noun
A single thin length of something such as thread, fibre, or wire, especially as twisted together with others.
Usage examples:
Strands of coloured wool

All meanings and translations of Strand

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