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aground

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a·ground  (-ground)
adv. & adj.
1. Onto or on a shore, reef, or the bottom of a body of water: a ship that ran aground; a ship aground offshore.
2. On the ground: combat aircraft aloft and aground.

aground
Adverb
onto the bottom of shallow water: they felt a jolt as the ship ran aground
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.aground - stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float; "a ship aground offshore"; "a boat aground on the beach waiting for the tide to lift it"
afloat - borne on the water; floating
Adv.1.aground - with the bottom lodged on the ground; "he ran the ship aground"

aground
Translations
aground [əˈgraund] adv to run aground → encallar, embarrancar

aground [əˈgraund] adv to run aground → s'échouer

aground [əˈgraund] adv to run aground → auf Grund laufen

aground [əˈgraund] adv to run aground → arenarsi

aground
adj / adv aground [əˈgraund]
(of ships) (stuck) on the bed of the sea etc in shallow water Our boat ran aground. strand مُرْتَطِم بِالأرْض/ فِي قَاع البَحْر заседнал na mělčinu på grund, grundstødt auf Grund gelaufen sein προσαράζω σε ξέρα (για πλοίο) encallado madalikul kinni به گل نشسته karilla, matalikolla échoué לַעֲלוֹת עַל שִׂרטוֹן भूग्रस्त nasukan megfeneklett kandas, terdampar strandaður in secco, arenato 座礁して 좌초한; 좌초하여 ant seklumos uz sēkļa tersadai aan de grond grunn, grunnstøtt na mieliźnie encalhado eşuat на мели na plytčine nasedel nasukan på grund เกยตื้น karaya oturmuş 擱淺的 на мілині زمین پر mắc cạn


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The Lascar pretended that six years before, during a stay at Vanikoro, he had seen two Europeans that belonged to some vessels that had run aground on the reefs some years ago.
I said to myself, "This confounded old thing's aground again, sure,"--and opened Baedeker to see if I could run across any remedy for these annoying interruptions.
I see I'd got to invent a bar, or forget the name of the one we got aground on -- or -- Now I struck an idea, and fetched it out:
 
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