Definitions for aground
əˈgraʊndaground

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. aground(p)adverb

   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"

2. agroundadverb

   with the bottom lodged on the ground

   "he ran the ship aground"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. agroundadverb

   Resting on the bottom. (refers only to floating craft).

2. agroundadjective

   Resting on the bottom. (refers only to floating craft).

3. agroundadjective

   Stuck fast, stopped, at a loss, ruined; like a boat or vessel aground.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Agroundadverb

   Etymology: from a and ground.

   1. Stranded; hindered by the ground from passing farther.

   With our great ships we durst not approach the coast, we having been all of us aground. Walter Raleigh, Essays.

   Say what you seek, and whether were you bound?
   Were you, by stress of weather, cast aground? John Dryden, Æn.

   2. It is likewise figuratively used, for being hindered in the progress of affairs; as, the negotiators were aground at that objection.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. aground

   Ship grounding or ship stranding is the impact of a ship on seabed or waterway side. It may be intentional, as in beaching to land crew or cargo, and careening, for maintenance or repair, or unintentional, as in a marine accident. In accidental cases, it is commonly referred to as "running aground". When unintentional, grounding may result simply in stranding, with or without damage to the submerged part of the ship's hull. Breach of the hull may lead to significant flooding, which in the absence of containment in watertight bulkheads may substantially compromise the ship's structural integrity, stability, and safety.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Aground

   on the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground

2. Etymology: [Pref. a- + ground.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Aground

   a-grownd′, adv. stranded.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. aground

   The situation of a ship or other vessel whose bottom touches or rests upon the ground. It also signifies stranded, and is used figuratively for being disabled or hindered.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of aground in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of aground in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of aground in a Sentence

1. Colonel Restituto Padilla:

   We want the U.S. military to watch over our ships, which China attempts to block every time we rotate troops and bring supplies to a ship that ran aground on Ayungin shoal.

2. Thomas Shugart:

   The United States Navy did something similar to The United States Navy when The United States Navy replaced the bow of the damaged USS San Francisco, which ran aground on a seamount near Guam in 2005, with the bow of USS Honolulu, which was slated to be retired.

3. Eric Zelien:

   Most of our out-of-towners are rescheduling their trips. It’s kind of like when COVID first hit, when you hear oil spill, everyone thinks Exxon Valdez,'' Eric Zelien said, referring to the tanker that ran aground in 1989 in Prince William Sound, Alaska and spilled millions of gallons.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=aground
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Aground
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=aground
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aground
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aground
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=aground
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=aground