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  1. v. intransitive For a vessel to be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.
  2. v. transitive To cause a vessel to run aground.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. hit or reach the ground
  2. v. bring to the ground

Examples

  • “The Kitty had been run aground to stop her from sinking, while the O'Higgins had anchored so that her formidable broadside was aimed at the guns on Manzanera.”

    Sharpe's Devil

  • “You shall perhaps run aground on Cranberry Island, only some spires of last year's pipe-grass above water, to show where the danger is, and get as good a freezing there as anywhere on the Northwest Coast.”

    A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

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Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. attain
  1. reach
  1. arrive at
  1. hit
  1. make
  1. gain
  1. land

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. gravel
  1. ground
  1. strand

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