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Meaning of 'aground' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Aground [ adv. & a.]
- On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground.

Meaning of 'aground' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . aground [ a]
Meaning (1):
- stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float
Example in sentence:
  • a boat aground on the beach waiting for the tide to lift it;
  • a ship aground offshore
2 . aground [ r]
Meaning (2):
- with the bottom lodged on the ground
Example in sentence:
  • he ran the ship aground

Nearby Words:

agrace agraffe agrammatist agraphia agraphic agrappes agrarian agrarianism agrarianize agre

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