aground

as in stranded
resting on the shore or bottom of a body of water 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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“Aground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aground. Accessed 25 Mar. 2023.

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