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# aground

adverb (aground); adjective (aground; after a verb)

«aground» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

If a ship runs aground or goes aground, it gets stuck on sand, rocks or the sea bottom in shallow water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aground/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used in stories, news and history about ships and boats: «ran aground», «was aground», «went aground on a sandbank». It tells the reader a ship is stuck and maybe in danger.

### Examples

- The ship ran aground on a sandbank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aground/#x1)
- The huge container ship went aground in the canal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aground/#x2)
- At low tide the little boat was left aground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aground/#x3)
- Rescuers helped the sailors when their boat ran aground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aground/#x4)
- The pirates' ship was aground on the rocks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aground/#x5)
- They waited for the high tide to float the ship that had gone aground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aground/#x6)

### Note

Used with «run», «go», «be». Not used before a noun. Not the same as «on the ground». Opposite: «afloat».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «aground» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aground/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aground» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aground.html) on Mova free.