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General-American, Received-Pronunciation:
/ˌrʌn əˈɡraʊnd/
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To be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
The ship ran aground and had to be towed back out to sea.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To cause (a vessel) to be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
The drunken helmsman ran the ship aground.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
hit or reach the ground
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ground
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
bring to the ground
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the storm grounded the ship
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ground, strand
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: land
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
засядам
(zasjadam)
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Catalan :
embarrancar
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Catalan :
encallar
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Catalan :
embancar
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Chinese Mandarin :
擱淺 /搁浅
(gēqiǎn)
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Danish :
strande
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Dutch :
stranden
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Dutch :
vastlopen
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Esperanto :
grundi
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Finnish :
ajautua karille
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Finnish :
kariutua
— to be immobilized by shallow water
French :
échouer
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Galician :
embarrancar
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Galician :
encallar
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Galician :
varar
— to be immobilized by shallow water
German :
auf Grund laufen
— to be immobilized by shallow water
German :
auflaufen
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Greek :
εξοκέλλω
(exokéllo)
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Hebrew :
עָלַה עַל שִׂרְטוֹן
(ala al sirton)
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Hungarian :
zátonyra fut
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Hungarian :
megfeneklik
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Italian :
incagliarsi
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Italian :
arenarsi
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Korean :
좌초되다
(jwachodoeda)
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Norman :
couôrre à tèrre
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Norman :
êchouer
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Polish :
osiadać na mieliźnie
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Polish :
osiąść na mieliźnie
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Portuguese :
encalhar
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Russian :
сади́ться на мель
(sadítʹsja na melʹ)
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Serbo-Croatian :
nasukati se
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Spanish :
encallar
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Spanish :
varar
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Spanish :
zabordar
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Swedish :
gå på grund
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Swedish :
stranda
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Tagalog :
sumadsad
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Tagalog :
sumagadsad
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Turkish :
karaya oturmak
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Ottoman Turkish :
اوتورمق
(oturmak)
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Vietnamese :
mắc cạn
— to be immobilized by shallow water
Esperanto :
grundigi
— to cause a vessel to run aground
Finnish :
ajaa karille
— to cause a vessel to run aground
Finnish :
kariuttaa
— to cause a vessel to run aground
Galician :
embarrancar
— to cause a vessel to run aground
Galician :
encallar
— to cause a vessel to run aground
Galician :
varar
— to cause a vessel to run aground
German :
auf Grund setzen
— to cause a vessel to run aground
German :
auf Grund laufen lassen
— to cause a vessel to run aground
Hungarian :
zátonyra futtat
— to cause a vessel to run aground
Polish :
osadzać na mieliźnie
— to cause a vessel to run aground
Polish :
osadzić na mieliźnie
— to cause a vessel to run aground
Spanish :
encallar
— to cause a vessel to run aground
Swedish :
stranda
— to cause a vessel to run aground
Turkish :
karaya oturtmak
— to cause a vessel to run aground