Dictionary

run aground en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌrʌn əˈɡraʊnd/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (intransitive, of a vessel) To be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.
   • 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 ship ran aground and had to be towed back out to sea.
2. (transitive) To cause (a vessel) to be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.
   • The drunken helmsman ran the ship aground.

Forms

Synonyms

ground · beach

Translations (55)

sv gå på grund (to be immobilized by shallow water) · sv stranda (to be immobilized by shallow water) · ca embarrancar (to be immobilized by shallow water) · da strande (to be immobilized by shallow water) · gl encallar (to be immobilized by shallow water) · nl stranden (to be immobilized by shallow water) · fr échouer (to be immobilized by shallow water) · eo grundigi (to cause a vessel to run aground) · it incagliarsi (to be immobilized by shallow water) · hu zátonyra fut (to be immobilized by shallow water) · nl vastlopen (to be immobilized by shallow water) · es encallar (to cause a vessel to run aground) · ko 좌초되다 (to be immobilized by shallow water) · ota اوتورمق (to be immobilized by shallow water) · pl osadzać na mieliźnie (to cause a vessel to run aground) · gl embarrancar (to be immobilized by shallow water) · pl osiadać na mieliźnie (to be immobilized by shallow water) · fi kariuttaa (to cause a vessel to run aground) · vi mắc cạn (to be immobilized by shallow water) · fi kariutua (to be immobilized by shallow water) · fi ajautua karille (to be immobilized by shallow water) · de auf Grund laufen (to be immobilized by shallow water) · de auflaufen (to be immobilized by shallow water) · gl encallar (to cause a vessel to run aground) · pl osiąść na mieliźnie (to be immobilized by shallow water) · ru сади́ться на мель (to be immobilized by shallow water) · es varar (to be immobilized by shallow water) · tr karaya oturtmak (to cause a vessel to run aground) · it arenarsi (to be immobilized by shallow water) · pt encalhar (to be immobilized by shallow water) · fi ajaa karille (to cause a vessel to run aground) · gl embarrancar (to cause a vessel to run aground) · gl varar (to cause a vessel to run aground) · nrf êchouer (to be immobilized by shallow water) · he עָלַה עַל שִׂרְטוֹן (to be immobilized by shallow water) · hu megfeneklik (to be immobilized by shallow water) · nrf couôrre à tèrre (to be immobilized by shallow water) · de auf Grund laufen lassen (to cause a vessel to run aground) · ca encallar (to be immobilized by shallow water) · eo grundi (to be immobilized by shallow water) · sh nasukati se (to be immobilized by shallow water) · es zabordar (to be immobilized by shallow water) · de auf Grund setzen (to cause a vessel to run aground) · gl varar (to be immobilized by shallow water) · bg засядам (to be immobilized by shallow water) · pl osadzić na mieliźnie (to cause a vessel to run aground) · es encallar (to be immobilized by shallow water) · hu zátonyra futtat (to cause a vessel to run aground) · ca embancar (to be immobilized by shallow water) · sv stranda (to cause a vessel to run aground) · tr karaya oturmak (to be immobilized by shallow water) · tl sumadsad (to be immobilized by shallow water) · tl sumagadsad (to be immobilized by shallow water) · cmn 擱淺 /搁浅 (to be immobilized by shallow water) · el εξοκέλλω (to be immobilized by shallow water)