aground
adverb or adjective
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Definition of aground
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
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The wreck of the S.S. Norwich City, a freighter which ran aground in 1929, divides the reef between the northern tip of the island and the opening to the lagoon. — Rachel Hartigan Shea, National Geographic, "Amelia Earhart search crew shares personal theories on her disappearance," 23 Aug. 2019 Negotiations started in 2015 with publishing giant Elsevier but ran aground by late 2016. — Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, "More than 700 German research institutions strike open-access deal with Springer Nature," 22 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'aground.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for aground
aground
adverb
English Language Learners Definition of aground
: on or onto the ground
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aground
adverb or adjective
\ ə-ˈgrau̇nd
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Kids Definition of aground
: on or onto the shore or the bottom of a body of water
The ship ran aground during the storm.
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