Aground

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  • adverb & adjective. Onto or on a shore, reef, or the bottom of a body of water.
  • adverb & adjective. On the ground.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adverb. On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Resting on the bottom. (refers only to floating craft).
  • adjective. Stuck fast, stopped, at a loss, ruined; like a boat or vessel aground.
  • adverb. Resting on the bottom. (refers only to floating craft).
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adverb. with the bottom lodged on the ground
  • adjective. stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float
    • Word Usage
    "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."
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