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aground

/@/'gr/AU/nd/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float

    adj.all

    Examples
    A ship aground offshore.
    A boat aground on the beach waiting for the tide to lift it.
    Antonyms afloat

    Source: WordNet 3.0

adverb

  1. with the bottom lodged on the ground

    adv.all

    Examples
    He ran the ship aground.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground.

    adverb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

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