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AGROUND

Pronunciation (US):

• AGROUND (adjective)
The adjective AGROUND has 1 sense:

1. on a shore or reef

Familiarity information: AGROUND used as an adjective is very rare.

• AGROUND (adverb)
The adverb AGROUND has 1 sense:

1. with the bottom lodged on the ground

Familiarity information: AGROUND used as an adverb is very rare.

• AGROUND (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

On a shore or reef

Context examples:

a ship aground offshore / a boat aground on the beach waiting for the tide to lift it

Similar:

beached; high-and-dry (on a beach)

shipwrecked (aground as a consequence of a shipwreck)

stranded (with the bottom lodged on a reef or shoal in shallow water)

Antonym:

afloat (borne on the water; floating)

sunken (under water; e.g. at the bottom of a body of water)

• AGROUND (adverb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

With the bottom lodged on the ground

Context example:

he ran the ship aground

"Every path has its puddle."
(English proverb)
"He who gets the grace of the women is neither hungry nor thirsty"
(Breton proverb)
"You can't escape from destiny."
(Armenian proverb)
"Bathe her and then look at her."
(Egyptian proverb)

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shipwrecked definition
Pronunciation of stranded
sunken definition
Pronunciation of high-and-dry
beached definition

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