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 semiofficial Tasnim and Fars news agencies, believed to be close to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, reported that the ship ran aground near the village of Ramchah on Qeshm Island.
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Sean Nevin, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line are also off course, running aground and sinking.
—Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
The plan ran aground when athletes were apparently awarded identical medals in the same event—the Special Olympics is not, strictly speaking, about winners and losers—and bettors revolted after their payouts were delayed.
—Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
This caused the crew to become disoriented, and the ship eventually ran aground.
—Anna Raymaker, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
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Sean Nevin, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line are also off course, running aground and sinking.
—Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
The plan ran aground when athletes were apparently awarded identical medals in the same event—the Special Olympics is not, strictly speaking, about winners and losers—and bettors revolted after their payouts were delayed.
—Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
This caused the crew to become disoriented, and the ship eventually ran aground.
—Anna Raymaker, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
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 4 Apr. 2026.
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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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