Aground - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |əˈɡraʊnd|  American pronunciation of the word aground
Brit.  |əˈɡraʊnd|  British pronunciation of the word aground

adjective

- stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float
a ship aground offshore
a boat aground on the beach waiting for the tide to lift it

adverb

- with the bottom lodged on the ground
he ran the ship aground

Extra examples

The ship ran aground on a sandbank.

We were winning the boat race until our boat ran aground on a sandbank.

A ship carrying a cargo of oil has run aground.

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