Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aground"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aground \A*ground"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + ground.]
On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship
when its bottom lodges on the ground. --Totten.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aground
adj : on a shore or reef; "a ship aground offshore"; "a boat
aground on the beach waiting for the tide to lift it"
[syn: {aground(p)}] [ant: {sunken}, {afloat(p)}]
adv : with the bottom lodged on the ground; "he ran the ship
aground"
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