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 ran aground during the storm.
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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The freighter ran aground near where the other Canadian freighter got stuck earlier this month.
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Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025
The latest Canadian freighter to run aground in the Detroit River near downtown has been freed.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 27 Nov. 2025
The series turns on an incident in 1981, when a Soviet U-137 ‘Whiskey’-class submarine ran aground on rocks deep inside Swedish territorial waters — in the middle of a sensitive Swedish naval exercise.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 26 Nov. 2025
Trump's approach to China has run aground, giving Beijing unprecedented advantage in the economic conflict.
—Edward Fishman, Time, 21 Nov. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025
The latest Canadian freighter to run aground in the Detroit River near downtown has been freed.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 27 Nov. 2025
The series turns on an incident in 1981, when a Soviet U-137 ‘Whiskey’-class submarine ran aground on rocks deep inside Swedish territorial waters — in the middle of a sensitive Swedish naval exercise.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 26 Nov. 2025
Trump's approach to China has run aground, giving Beijing unprecedented advantage in the economic conflict.
—Edward Fishman, Time, 21 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for aground
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“Aground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aground. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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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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