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Definition of Run aground
1. Verb. Bring to the ground. "The storm grounded the ship"
2. Verb. Hit or reach the ground.
Generic synonyms: Arrive At, Attain, Gain, Hit, Make, Reach
Derivative terms: Ground
Definition of Run aground
1. Verb. (intransitive) For a vessel to be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To cause a vessel to run aground. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Run Aground
Literary usage of Run aground
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"... steered and paddled on ; but knowing nothing of flats and shoals, my raft
suddenly run aground on the edge of a rock or something. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Grounder (nautical), a ship that is liable to be run aground through bad seamanship.
Unfortunately these rejoicings have been marred through the loss of ..."
3. Through Siberia, the Land of the Future by Fridtjof Nansen (1914)
"... a hermit : Difficult navigation, we run aground : Meeting with the tug and
lighters from the south : Prospects of delay ~TN the course of the morning of ..."
4. Principles of Geology: Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1840)
"... glaciers and icebergs — Their effects on the bottom when they run aground —
Packing of coast ice — Boulders drifted by ice on coast of Labrador — Blocks ..."
5. Life on the Plains of the Pacific. Oregon: Its History, Condition and by Gustavus Hines (1852)
"... the river—Fort George—run aground — Difficulty of ascending—Arrival at
Vancouver — Meeting called — Missionaries receive their appointments — Sent off ..."
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