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Dictionary: a·ground   (ə-ground') pronunciation
adv. & adj.
  1. Onto or on a shore, reef, or the bottom of a body of water: a ship that ran aground; a ship aground offshore.
  2. On the ground: combat aircraft aloft and aground.

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adv

Definition: on the bottom of
Antonyms: afloat


WordNet: aground
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: on a shore or reef
  Antonyms: sunken (meaning #2), afloat (meaning #2)


The adverb aground has one meaning:

Meaning #1: with the bottom lodged on the ground


Translations: Aground
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - på grund
adv. - på grund

idioms:

  • run aground    støde på grund

Nederlands (Dutch)
aan de grond, vastgelopen

Français (French)
adj. - échoué
adv. - échoué

idioms:

  • run aground    s'échouer

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gestrandet, auf Grund
adv. - gestrandet, auf Grund

idioms:

  • run aground    stranden, auf Grund laufen, sich festlaufen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - (ναυτ.) σε προσάραξη, στη ξέρα, στα ρηχά νερά
adj. - προσαραγμένος

idioms:

  • run aground    προσαράζω, καθίζω στα ρηχά

Italiano (Italian)
arenato

idioms:

  • run aground    andare in secca

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - imobilizadamente, de modo encalhado
adj. - encalhado (Náut.), imobilizado

idioms:

  • run aground    encalhar (Náut.), dar à costa (Náut.)

Русский (Russian)
на мели

idioms:

  • run aground    сесть на мель

Español (Spanish)
adj. - encallado, varado, estacionado
adv. - encallado, varado, estacionado

idioms:

  • run aground    varar, encallar

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - på grund
adj. - på grund

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
搁浅的, 在地上的, 搁浅地, 地面上

idioms:

  • run aground    搁浅

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 擱淺的, 在地上的
adv. - 擱淺地, 地面上

idioms:

  • run aground    擱淺

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 좌초하여, 지상에
adv. - 좌초하여, 지상에

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 浅瀬に乗り上げた
adv. - 座礁して

idioms:

  • run aground    座礁する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) جانح, مرتطم بالأرض (صفه) جانح, مرتطم بالأرض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮על שרטון, משותק‬
adv. - ‮על שרטון‬


 
 
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