aground

Adjective · Adverb

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float“a ship aground offshore”“a boat aground on the beach waiting for the tide to lift it”

Adverb (1)

  1. with the bottom lodged on the ground“he ran the ship aground”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Aground \A*ground"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + ground.] On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
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