Aground
adverb
Stuck on the ground or bottom of the water body due to less water or an obstacle.
The ship ran aground in the shallow waters.
Often appears as...
- run aground
- grounded aground
adjective
Unable to proceed or act due to a failure or problem.
Our plans to start a new business ran aground due to lack of funds.
Often appears as...
- plans ran aground
- project ran aground
adverb
Stuck on the ground or bottom of the water body due to less water or an obstacle.
The ship ran aground in the shallow waters.
Often appears as...
- run aground
- grounded aground
adjective
Unable to proceed or act due to a failure or problem.
Our plans to start a new business ran aground due to lack of funds.
Often appears as...
- plans ran aground
- project ran aground
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Nautical Origin
Originates from boating where ships can hit the seabed and stop moving.
The vessel went aground during the clumsy attempt to dock.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphoric Usage
Used metaphorically to describe when plans or activities come to a halt.
After running aground, the team had to rethink their strategy.
Pro Tip 3/3Emergency Situations
Often suggests an emergency, especially when related to ships.
When the cruise ship ran aground, passengers were evacuated.
Pro Tip 1/3Nautical Origin
Originates from boating where ships can hit the seabed and stop moving.
The vessel went aground during the clumsy attempt to dock.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphoric Usage
Used metaphorically to describe when plans or activities come to a halt.
After running aground, the team had to rethink their strategy.
Pro Tip 3/3Emergency Situations
Often suggests an emergency, especially when related to ships.
When the cruise ship ran aground, passengers were evacuated.
Pro Tip 1/3Nautical Origin
Originates from boating where ships can hit the seabed and stop moving.
The vessel went aground during the clumsy attempt to dock.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphoric Usage
Used metaphorically to describe when plans or activities come to a halt.
After running aground, the team had to rethink their strategy.
Pro Tip 3/3Emergency Situations
Often suggests an emergency, especially when related to ships.
When the cruise ship ran aground, passengers were evacuated.
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Garth Lenz: The true...
of some of the most iconic and threatened species on the planet. And yet there's a proposal, of course, to build a pipeline to take huge tankers, 10 times the size of the Exxon Valdez, through some of the most difficult-to-navigate waters in the world, where only just a few years ago, a BC ferry ran aground.
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George Steinmetz: Seeing...
circles and we get some great pictures plane you can never do that this is from the plane there's a living dunes of the name of desert they get their own water from from fog and this is the wreck of the Edouard Boleyn it was a ship that ran aground in 1909 so you can see how much the the
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Sea Lion Team Hunts in...
using the cove as a trap they run the fish aground
Video examples
Garth Lenz: The true...
of some of the most iconic and threatened species on the planet. And yet there's a proposal, of course, to build a pipeline to take huge tankers, 10 times the size of the Exxon Valdez, through some of the most difficult-to-navigate waters in the world, where only just a few years ago, a BC ferry ran aground.
Video examples
George Steinmetz: Seeing...
circles and we get some great pictures plane you can never do that this is from the plane there's a living dunes of the name of desert they get their own water from from fog and this is the wreck of the Edouard Boleyn it was a ship that ran aground in 1909 so you can see how much the the
Video examples
Sea Lion Team Hunts in...
using the cove as a trap they run the fish aground
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Lisa Murkowski
American Politician
What people unfortunately relate to when they think of Alaska oil was when the Exxon Valdez went aground because of a captain that was drunk. But when you look to how we have been safely producing and moving Alaska's oil for decades, it is a track record that is enviable.
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Martha Nussbaum
American Philosopher
Among the good and decent men, some are unprepared for the surprises of life, and their good intentions run aground when confronted with issues like child care.
Quote examples
Lisa Murkowski
American Politician
What people unfortunately relate to when they think of Alaska oil was when the Exxon Valdez went aground because of a captain that was drunk. But when you look to how we have been safely producing and moving Alaska's oil for decades, it is a track record that is enviable.
Quote examples
Martha Nussbaum
American Philosopher
Among the good and decent men, some are unprepared for the surprises of life, and their good intentions run aground when confronted with issues like child care.
Example 1 of 2
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