maroon

ma·roon ¹  (m-rn)

tr.v. ma·rooned, ma·roon·ing, ma·roons

1. To put ashore on a deserted island or coast and intentionally abandon.

2. To abandon or isolate with little hope of ready rescue or escape: The travelers were marooned by the blizzard.

n.

1. often Maroon

a. A fugitive Black slave in the West Indies in the 17th and 18th centuries.

b. A descendant of such a slave.

2. A person who is marooned, as on an island.

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[From French marron, fugitive slave, from American Spanish cimarrón, wild, runaway, perhaps from cima, summit (from runaways' fleeing to the mountains), from Latin cma, sprout; see cyma.]

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maroon ¹

Verb

1. to abandon someone in a deserted area, esp. on an island

2. to isolate in a helpless situation: we're marooned here until the snow stops [American Spanish cimarrón wild]

marooned adj

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maroon ²

Adjective

dark purplish-red

Noun

an exploding firework or flare used as a warning signal [French: chestnut]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	maroon - a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there" unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune
	2.	maroon - a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color purplish red, purplish-red - a red with a tinge of purple
	3.	maroon - an exploding firework used as a warning signal firework, pyrotechnic - (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.
Verb	1.	maroon - leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned" strand desert, desolate, forsake, abandon - leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
	2.	maroon - leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island" isolate, insulate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"
Adj.	1.	maroon - of dark brownish to purplish red brownish-red chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

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maroon

verb abandon, leave, desert, strand, leave high and dry (informal) cast away, cast ashore

Translations

maroon [məˈruːn] vt to be marooned (= shipwrecked) → naufragar;

(fig) → quedar abandonado adj → granate inv

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maroon [məˈruːn] vt to be marooned → être abandonné(e) (fig); être bloqué(e) adj (= colour) → bordeaux inv

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maroon [məˈruːn] vt to be marooned → festsitzen adj → kastanienbraun

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maroon [məˈruːn] vt (fig): to be marooned (in or at) → essere abbandonato/a (in)

adj → bordeaux inv