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Aground Common

Aground has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Adjective · Adverb

Definitions
Adjective
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"

2

Resting on the bottom.

Adverb
1

with the bottom lodged on the ground

"he ran the ship aground"

2

Resting on the bottom.

Example Sentences
"a ship aground offshore" adjective
"a boat aground on the beach waiting for the tide to lift it" adjective
"he ran the ship aground" adverb
See Also
bottom stranded at loss shipwreck neaped put by ashore gravel
Related Terms
Antonyms
afloat
Rhyming Words
und hund rund ound gund fund lund mund bund laund found maund pound round wound hound gound mound sound bound
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