aground

[uh-ground]

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adverb, adjective

on or into the ground; in a stranded condition or state: The ship ran aground.

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Origin of aground

1250–1300; Middle English. See a-¹, ground¹

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By the time half the fleet had been aground, there was no longer any pretense of holding a ship down until all its crew returned.
Pariah Planet|Murray Leinster
We're now aground on the branches of a sapucaya,—a species of the Brazil-nut, and among the tallest of Amazonian trees.
Our Young Folks--Vol. I, No. II, February 1865|Various
The Congress and Cumberland were anchored not far from each other; the Minnesota got aground, and was some distance off.
Harper's Round Table, May 14, 1895|Various
Natives opened fire on us when our boats were aground in a creek, and some of our men got hit.
By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories|Louis Becke

I immediately informed Manuel of this, and he looked at her through his night glass, and said she was aground upon a sand-bank.
Tales from Blackwood|Various

British Dictionary definitions for aground

aground

adverb, adjective

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

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Word Origin and History for aground

aground

adv.

late 13c., "on the ground," from a- "on" (see a- (1)) + ground (n.). Of ships and boats, "stranded," from c.1500.

aground

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aground

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