ALL meanings of marooning
ma·roon
M m - verb with object marooning to put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers. 1
- verb with object marooning to place in an isolated and often dangerous position: The rising floodwaters marooned us on top of the house. 1
- verb with object marooning to abandon and leave without aid or resources: Having lost all his money, he was marooned in the strange city. 1
- noun marooning (often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas. 1
- noun marooning a person who is marooned: Robinson Crusoe lived for years as a maroon. 1
- noun marooning Present participle of maroon. 1
- noun marooning An act of abandoning a person in a remote, deserted place. 0