Marooning – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
maroon
v.
abandon in a desolate place (especially an island)
Marooning
Marooning used to be the intentional leaving of someone in a remote area such as an uninhabited island. The word first appears in writing in approximately 1709, and is derived from the term
maroon, a word for a fugitive slave, which could be a corruption of
Spanish cimarrón, meaning a household animal (or slave) who has run "wild".
maroon
Noun
1. a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there"
(hypernym) unfortunate, unfortunate person
(derivation) strand
2. a dark purplish red to dark brownish red
(hypernym) purplish red
3. an exploding firework used as a warning signal
(hypernym) firework, pyrotechnic
Verb
1. leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue; "the travellers were marooned"
(synonym) strand
(hypernym) abandon, forsake, desolate, desert
2. leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"
(hypernym) isolate, insulate
Adjective
1. dark brownish to purplish red
(synonym) brownish-red
(similar) chromatic
Marooning
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Maroon
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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