aground
adverb or adjective
1
: on the ground
planes aloft and aground
2
: on or onto the shore or the bottom of a body of water
a ship run aground
Examples of aground in a Sentence
the villagers came to stare at the foreign ship that was aground on their beach and at the strangely dressed sailors on board
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During an invasion, landing craft, especially those designed for tanks, could be expected to run aground several hundred feet from dry land, in water 6 feet deep.
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Frank A. Blazich Jr., The Conversation, 20 May 2024
That will likely leave the ship slightly aground, even after the bridge pieces are removed, Dean said.
—Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2024
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Frank A. Blazich Jr., The Conversation, 20 May 2024
That will likely leave the ship slightly aground, even after the bridge pieces are removed, Dean said.
—Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2024
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“Aground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aground. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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aground
adverb or adjective
: on or onto the shore or the bottom of a body of water
the ship ran aground
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