Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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run aground | No | No | Yes | No |
strand | Yes | No | Yes | No |
run aground (noun) | strand (noun) |
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a necklace made by stringing objects together | |
line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable | |
a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole | |
a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides) | |
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber |
run aground (verb) | strand (verb) |
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bring to the ground | bring to the ground |
hit or reach the ground | drive (a vessel) ashore |
leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue |