aground

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English agrounde, on grounde (“on ground”), equivalent to a- +‎ ground.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɡɹaʊnd/
• Rhymes: -aʊnd

Adjective

aground (not comparable)

1. (nautical, of a normally floating craft) Resting on the bottom.
2. (by extension) at a loss, ruined, with no way out

Adverb

aground (not comparable)

1. (nautical, of a normally floating craft) Resting on the bottom.

Derived terms

• run aground

Translations

resting on the bottom

• Bulgarian: заседнал (bg) (zasednal)
• Catalan: encallat
• Finnish: karilla (being aground), karille (running aground)
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• Hebrew: עַל שִׂרְטוֹן (he) (al sirton)
• Interlingue:
• Macedonian: потонат m (potonat), заринкан m (zarinkan)
• Spanish: encallado (es), varado (es)

See also

• ashore

Anagrams

• Durango, Garduno, on guard