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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Last September, that became crystal clear when the USNS Big Horn, a key oiler, ran aground and partially flooded off the coast of Oman. Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025 The 6,700 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) MSC Antonia, which had run aground off the shores of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in the Red Sea in May, reportedly transited the Bab el-Mandeb Strait late last month. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 7 July 2025 This, finally, is where the idea of emoji as a script runs aground. Longreads, 1 July 2025 The ship previously ran aground in 2023, but managed to free itself without assistance. Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for aground

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of aground was in the 14th century

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“Aground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aground. Accessed 19 Jul. 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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