aground

[uh-ground]

adverb

1. on or into the ground; in a stranded condition or state.

   The ship ran aground.

aground

/ əˈɡraʊnd /

adverb

1. (postpositive) on or onto the ground or bottom, as in shallow water

Word History and Origins

Origin of aground¹

1250–1300; Middle English. See a- ¹, ground ¹

Example Sentences

She co-founded a school for orphans, preserved and sold Hamilton’s papers, and commissioned a biographical project that kept running aground.

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A South Korean passenger ferry carrying 246 passengers and 21 crew has run aground on rocks off the country's south-east coast.

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But much of the film’s popularity probably stemmed from that reliable magnet of interest, schadenfreude, as the Siegels’ dream of living like American royalty ran aground when the Great Recession hit.

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It was one of nine ships in the country's small naval fleet, and had been surveying an area of sea floor that had not been mapped in decades when it ran aground.

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The desire of many fire survivors to return to their homes ran aground amid the challenges.

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Related Words

• ashore 
• marooned 
• stranded 
• wrecked