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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Examples of aground in a Sentence
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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. 2019 More than 300 years ago, Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, whose whiskered visage virtually defines the image of the 18th century pirate, ran his flagship aground near Beaufort, N.C. — David G. Savage, latimes.com, "With Blackbeard’s ship, an argument about 21st century piracy lands in Supreme Court," 3 June 2019 Ryan Harris, a member of the 2010 Arctic Survey team reportedly said the year the Clipper Adventurer ran aground. — Zoë Schlanger, Quartz, "Climate change is luring cruise ships to sail risky Arctic passages," 1 Aug. 2019 The Sentinelese reputation for aggression was reinforced in 1981 when dozens of armed warriors tried to surround a beached freighter that had run aground, forcing the crew to radio for an airlift. — Alex Perry, Outside Online, "The Last Days of John Allen Chau," 24 July 2019 Here the promise of a vast welfare state solely funded by new taxes on the rich runs aground. — Matthew Zeitlin, Vox, "Can Elizabeth Warren build a bigger welfare state without taxing the middle class?," 2 July 2019 HNoMS Helge Instag collided with an oil tanker, ran aground, and later sank off the coast of Norway. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Norway Will Scrap Sunken Frigate," 24 June 2019 The first houses in Stiltsville were boats purposely run aground in the shallow sea grass in the 1930s. — Bonnie Gross, sun-sentinel.com, "Boat tours explore underwater Biscayne National Park," 20 June 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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