Definition of aground in English:

aground

adjective & adverb əˈɡraʊnd

(with reference to a ship) on or on to the bottom in shallow water.
as adverb the ships must slow to avoid running aground
as predicative adjective a cargo ship aground in the Pentland Firth
Example sentencesExamples
- There had been a storm, though, I think, and the ship had run aground on an island ruled by some sort of nasty feudal overlord.
- There was no chance of saving the ship and by low water she was hard aground, her propellers embedded in the sand.
- There were civilian sea captains, killed far from home when their ships ran aground on the reef.
- Twenty-five miles to the south is Pigeon Point, named for a ship that ran aground here in 1853.
- Kirkwall lifeboat was called out to a boat aground in the Rousay Sound on Sunday afternoon.
- With the ship run aground and the bow well out of the water, these would have been easy to salvage.
- The ship had ran aground on a sandbar at the mouth of the inlet.
- Why, then, did Prospero incite the elements to cause this ship to be tossed aground on his island?
- Why had the ship gone aground; why couldn't it be pulled off the rocks?
- Taylor confirmed that no oil spills had been reported, but added there was always the potential danger of an oil spill when a ship ran aground.
- In 1918 when the ship Makambo ran aground, hundreds of rats rode onto the beach with the wreckage.
- A Royal Navy submarine was forced to pull out of exercises off the coast of Scotland early yesterday morning when it went aground.
- A messy maritime incident that's getting worse, a cargo ship ran aground in the Aleutians.
- According to reports just in all of the crew have been airlifted off the Cabin Fever ship after it went aground on the rugged rocks of Tory island.
- When ships go aground for failing to observe the dates of low water level, they might have to wait weeks before new water arrives to lift them off the sand banks.
- The ship ran aground for three minutes before it was eased off.
- This cargo ship ran aground on the shallow rocks during the 1960s.
- The tail end of a cyclone hit Gisborne just as the ship was leaving the harbour and instead of sailing out beyond the reef it finished up aground alongside it.
- One of the most unusual jobs of the year came in April when Hamble Lifeboat went to the aid of a yacht aground off Egypt Point on the Isle of White in fairly heavy weather.
- Due to the fact that we were late on landing, the tide was dropping and the craft was well aground, and we thought it best to take cover on the beach in a type of bunker.
Synonyms
foundered, ashore, beached, grounded, stuck, shipwrecked, wrecked, high and dry, on the rocks, on the ground/bottom
marooned, stranded

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'on the ground'): from a-² 'on' + ground¹.

Rhymes

abound, around, astound, bound, compound, confound, dumbfound, expound, found, ground, hound, impound, interwound, mound, pound, profound, propound, redound, round, sound, stoneground, surround, theatre-in-the-round (US theater-in-the-round), underground, wound

Definition of aground in US English:

aground

adverb & adjectiveəˈɡraʊndəˈɡround

(with reference to a ship) on or onto the bottom in shallow water.
as adverb the ships must slow to avoid running aground
as predicative adjective a cargo ship aground in the Mediterranean
Example sentencesExamples
- The ship ran aground for three minutes before it was eased off.
- Twenty-five miles to the south is Pigeon Point, named for a ship that ran aground here in 1853.
- One of the most unusual jobs of the year came in April when Hamble Lifeboat went to the aid of a yacht aground off Egypt Point on the Isle of White in fairly heavy weather.
- When ships go aground for failing to observe the dates of low water level, they might have to wait weeks before new water arrives to lift them off the sand banks.
- Taylor confirmed that no oil spills had been reported, but added there was always the potential danger of an oil spill when a ship ran aground.
- The tail end of a cyclone hit Gisborne just as the ship was leaving the harbour and instead of sailing out beyond the reef it finished up aground alongside it.
- Due to the fact that we were late on landing, the tide was dropping and the craft was well aground, and we thought it best to take cover on the beach in a type of bunker.
- With the ship run aground and the bow well out of the water, these would have been easy to salvage.
- In 1918 when the ship Makambo ran aground, hundreds of rats rode onto the beach with the wreckage.
- There was no chance of saving the ship and by low water she was hard aground, her propellers embedded in the sand.
- There had been a storm, though, I think, and the ship had run aground on an island ruled by some sort of nasty feudal overlord.
- Kirkwall lifeboat was called out to a boat aground in the Rousay Sound on Sunday afternoon.
- A messy maritime incident that's getting worse, a cargo ship ran aground in the Aleutians.
- The ship had ran aground on a sandbar at the mouth of the inlet.
- There were civilian sea captains, killed far from home when their ships ran aground on the reef.
- According to reports just in all of the crew have been airlifted off the Cabin Fever ship after it went aground on the rugged rocks of Tory island.
- Why, then, did Prospero incite the elements to cause this ship to be tossed aground on his island?
- This cargo ship ran aground on the shallow rocks during the 1960s.
- A Royal Navy submarine was forced to pull out of exercises off the coast of Scotland early yesterday morning when it went aground.
- Why had the ship gone aground; why couldn't it be pulled off the rocks?
Synonyms
foundered, ashore, beached, grounded, stuck, shipwrecked, wrecked, high and dry, on the rocks, on the bottom, on the ground
foundered, ashore, beached, grounded, stuck, shipwrecked, wrecked, high and dry, on the rocks, on the bottom, on the ground

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘on the ground’): from a- ‘on’ + ground.

单词	aground
释义	Definition of aground in English: aground adjective & adverb əˈɡraʊnd (with reference to a ship) on or on to the bottom in shallow water. as adverb the ships must slow to avoid running aground as predicative adjective a cargo ship aground in the Pentland Firth Example sentencesExamples There had been a storm, though, I think, and the ship had run aground on an island ruled by some sort of nasty feudal overlord. There was no chance of saving the ship and by low water she was hard aground, her propellers embedded in the sand. There were civilian sea captains, killed far from home when their ships ran aground on the reef. Twenty-five miles to the south is Pigeon Point, named for a ship that ran aground here in 1853. Kirkwall lifeboat was called out to a boat aground in the Rousay Sound on Sunday afternoon. With the ship run aground and the bow well out of the water, these would have been easy to salvage. The ship had ran aground on a sandbar at the mouth of the inlet. Why, then, did Prospero incite the elements to cause this ship to be tossed aground on his island? Why had the ship gone aground; why couldn't it be pulled off the rocks? Taylor confirmed that no oil spills had been reported, but added there was always the potential danger of an oil spill when a ship ran aground. In 1918 when the ship Makambo ran aground, hundreds of rats rode onto the beach with the wreckage. A Royal Navy submarine was forced to pull out of exercises off the coast of Scotland early yesterday morning when it went aground. A messy maritime incident that's getting worse, a cargo ship ran aground in the Aleutians. According to reports just in all of the crew have been airlifted off the Cabin Fever ship after it went aground on the rugged rocks of Tory island. When ships go aground for failing to observe the dates of low water level, they might have to wait weeks before new water arrives to lift them off the sand banks. The ship ran aground for three minutes before it was eased off. This cargo ship ran aground on the shallow rocks during the 1960s. The tail end of a cyclone hit Gisborne just as the ship was leaving the harbour and instead of sailing out beyond the reef it finished up aground alongside it. One of the most unusual jobs of the year came in April when Hamble Lifeboat went to the aid of a yacht aground off Egypt Point on the Isle of White in fairly heavy weather. Due to the fact that we were late on landing, the tide was dropping and the craft was well aground, and we thought it best to take cover on the beach in a type of bunker. Synonyms foundered, ashore, beached, grounded, stuck, shipwrecked, wrecked, high and dry, on the rocks, on the ground/bottom marooned, stranded Origin Middle English (in the sense 'on the ground'): from a-² 'on' + ground¹. Rhymes abound, around, astound, bound, compound, confound, dumbfound, expound, found, ground, hound, impound, interwound, mound, pound, profound, propound, redound, round, sound, stoneground, surround, theatre-in-the-round (US theater-in-the-round), underground, wound Definition of aground in US English: aground adverb & adjectiveəˈɡraʊndəˈɡround (with reference to a ship) on or onto the bottom in shallow water. as adverb the ships must slow to avoid running aground as predicative adjective a cargo ship aground in the Mediterranean Example sentencesExamples The ship ran aground for three minutes before it was eased off. Twenty-five miles to the south is Pigeon Point, named for a ship that ran aground here in 1853. One of the most unusual jobs of the year came in April when Hamble Lifeboat went to the aid of a yacht aground off Egypt Point on the Isle of White in fairly heavy weather. When ships go aground for failing to observe the dates of low water level, they might have to wait weeks before new water arrives to lift them off the sand banks. Taylor confirmed that no oil spills had been reported, but added there was always the potential danger of an oil spill when a ship ran aground. The tail end of a cyclone hit Gisborne just as the ship was leaving the harbour and instead of sailing out beyond the reef it finished up aground alongside it. Due to the fact that we were late on landing, the tide was dropping and the craft was well aground, and we thought it best to take cover on the beach in a type of bunker. With the ship run aground and the bow well out of the water, these would have been easy to salvage. In 1918 when the ship Makambo ran aground, hundreds of rats rode onto the beach with the wreckage. There was no chance of saving the ship and by low water she was hard aground, her propellers embedded in the sand. There had been a storm, though, I think, and the ship had run aground on an island ruled by some sort of nasty feudal overlord. Kirkwall lifeboat was called out to a boat aground in the Rousay Sound on Sunday afternoon. A messy maritime incident that's getting worse, a cargo ship ran aground in the Aleutians. The ship had ran aground on a sandbar at the mouth of the inlet. There were civilian sea captains, killed far from home when their ships ran aground on the reef. According to reports just in all of the crew have been airlifted off the Cabin Fever ship after it went aground on the rugged rocks of Tory island. Why, then, did Prospero incite the elements to cause this ship to be tossed aground on his island? This cargo ship ran aground on the shallow rocks during the 1960s. A Royal Navy submarine was forced to pull out of exercises off the coast of Scotland early yesterday morning when it went aground. Why had the ship gone aground; why couldn't it be pulled off the rocks? Synonyms foundered, ashore, beached, grounded, stuck, shipwrecked, wrecked, high and dry, on the rocks, on the bottom, on the ground foundered, ashore, beached, grounded, stuck, shipwrecked, wrecked, high and dry, on the rocks, on the bottom, on the ground Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘on the ground’): from a- ‘on’ + ground.
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