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ad. Onto or on a shore, reef, or the bottom of a body of water: a ship that ran aground; a ship aground offshore.

ad. On the ground: combat aircraft aloft and aground.

adj. Resting on the bottom. (refers only to floating craft).

adj. Stuck fast, stopped, at a loss, ruined; like a boat or vessel aground.

ad. Resting on the bottom. (refers only to floating craft).

ad. On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground.

On the ground; stranded: a nautical term signifying that the bottom of a ship rests on the ground for want of sufficient depth of water: opposed to afloat.

Figuratively, brought to a stop for want of resources, matter, and the like: as, the speaker is aground.

ad. with the bottom lodged on the ground

adj. stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float

"Running aground occurs when the navigator misreads the chart, the skipper tries to cut a corner on a harbor entrance, there is silting moving of soft sand and mud at a harbor mouth, or the tide table is misinterpreted."

afloat   

ashore   

stranded    grounded    aland    ashore    struck   

Pound    Sound    abound    around    astound    bound    browned    compound    confound    crowned