aground Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective 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. adverb with the bottom lodged on the ground
    • he ran the ship aground

WordNet

A*ground" adverb & adjective
Etymology
Pref. a- + ground.
Definitions
  1. On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground. Totten.

Webster 1913