aground
/əˈɡɹaʊnd/
aground adjective: resting on the bottom.
Adjective
aground (not comparable)
- Resting on the bottom.
- The ship is currently aground at West Arm in Horseshoe Harbour, near Mawson Station where it was undertaking a resupply mission.2016 February 25, Paul Karp, “Aurora Australis icebreaker runs aground during blizzard in Antarctica”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2022
- at a loss, ruined, with no way out
Adverb
aground (not comparable)
- Resting on the bottom.
- The boat was stuck aground until the tide rose.
- The Canadian Coast Guard says a stranded container barge has been refloated, after running aground off Quadra Island over the weekend.2019 November 15, Simon Little, “Stranded container barge refloated, moved after running aground on Quadra Island”, in Global News, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2020
aground meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
aground in Tamil
- கப்பல் தரை தட்டுதல், கீழே, நிலத்தின் மேல், கடலில் ஆழங்குறைந்த அடிநிலத்தின் மீது
aground in Urdu
- زَمین پَر, مُصیبَت میں پھَنسا ہُوا, دھنسا ہوا, ٹِکا ہوا
aground in Malayalam
- പുതഞ്ഞ, കരയ്ക്കടിഞ്ഞ
aground in Kannada
- ನೆಲಮುಟ್ಟಿದ
Examples of aground in a sentence
- The ship ran aground and had to be towed back out to sea.
- The ship ran aground in an unexpected shallow.
- The drunken helmsman ran the ship aground.
Origin of aground
From Middle English agrounde, on grounde (“on ground”), equivalent to a- + ground.
Words formed from aground
Phrases with aground
Words that rhyme with aground
45 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- abound
- bound
- hound
- profound
- impound
- unbound
- underground
- crowned
- found
- remound
- surround
- unsound
- embrowned
- expound
- gound
- overground
- sqround
- surround sound
- unconfound
- uncrowned
- astound
- baffound
- below ground
- blound
- browned
- charging the mound
- clowned
- downed
- drowned
- found sound
- frowned
- gowned
- interwound
- lb
- newfound
- overwound
- playaround
- reground
- renowned
- rewound
- unfound
- unrenowned
- unwound
- wound
- York round
Questions about aground
- What does aground mean?
- Aground means resting on the bottom.
- What is aground in Tamil?
- Aground in Tamil is கப்பல் தரை தட்டுதல், கீழே, நிலத்தின் மேல். See Aground meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is aground?
- Aground can be an adjective or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce aground?
- Aground is pronounced /əˈɡɹaʊnd/.
Words near aground in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aground (page history and authors); aground (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aground (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aground (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aground (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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