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Vocabulary Entry
aground
|adjective • verb
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A
adjective
Having run aground; stuck on the bottom of a body of water.
Example Sentences
"The boat is aground and cannot move until the tide rises."
"After the storm, several vessels were found aground on the beach."
"They had to wait for the high tide to free their aground ship."
V
verb
To run a ship or boat aground; to cause it to be stuck.
Example Sentences
"The captain feared that they might aground if they continued sailing without a map."
"They accidentally aground their yacht during the shallow water excursion."
"Conditions were so poor that they aground just a mile from the harbor."