aground

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The boat upon which she sailed was run aground, and she was thus unexpectedly detained at Havre.

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  1. adverb Onto or on a shore, reef, or the bottom of a body of water: a ship that ran aground; a ship aground offshore.
  2. adverb On the ground: combat aircraft aloft and aground.

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  1. Middle English agrounde, also on grounde; from a, on, + ground.
 

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/əˈgraʊnd/
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