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aground en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /əˈɡɹaʊnd/

Etymology

From Middle English agrounde, on grounde (“on ground”), equivalent to a- + ground.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of a normally floating craft) Resting on the bottom.
    • The ship is currently aground at West Arm in Horseshoe Harbour, near Mawson Station where it was undertaking a resupply mission. 2016 February 25, Paul Karp, “Aurora Australis icebreaker runs aground during blizzard in Antarctica”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2022:
  2. (broadly, not-comparable) at a loss, ruined, with no way out

aground en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /əˈɡɹaʊnd/

Etymology

From Middle English agrounde, on grounde (“on ground”), equivalent to a- + ground.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of a normally floating craft) Resting on the bottom.
    • The Canadian Coast Guard says a stranded container barge has been refloated, after running aground off Quadra Island over the weekend. 2019 November 15, Simon Little, “Stranded container barge refloated, moved after running aground on Quadra Island”, in Global News, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2020:
    • The boat was stuck aground until the tide rose.

Deriveds

run aground

Relateds

ashore

Translations (11)

es varado (resting on the bottom) · bg заседнал (resting on the bottom) · fi karille (resting on the bottom) · mk заринкан (resting on the bottom) · fi karilla (resting on the bottom) · es encallado (resting on the bottom) · cs na mělčině (resting on the bottom) · mk потонат (resting on the bottom) · ca encallat (resting on the bottom) · cs na mělčinu (resting on the bottom) · he עַל שִׂרְטוֹן (resting on the bottom)