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# aground

«aground» in Mova's school dictionary: **If a ship runs aground or goes aground, it gets stuck on…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (aground); adjective (aground; after a verb)

### meaning for a pupil

If a ship runs aground or goes aground, it gets stuck on sand, rocks or the sea bottom in shallow water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aground/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories, news and history about ships and boats: «ran aground», «was aground», «went aground on a sandbank». It tells the reader a ship is stuck and maybe in danger.

### examples

- The ship ran aground on a sandbank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aground/#x1)
- The huge container ship went aground in the canal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aground/#x2)
- At low tide the little boat was left aground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aground/#x3)
- Rescuers helped the sailors when their boat ran aground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aground/#x4)
- The pirates' ship was aground on the rocks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aground/#x5)
- They waited for the high tide to float the ship that had gone aground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aground/#x6)

### note

Used with «run», «go», «be». Not used before a noun. Not the same as «on the ground». Opposite: «afloat».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «aground» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aground/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.