Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ran aground

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
ran a-ground
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does ran aground mean?
simple past of run aground

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