aground
About 0.54 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Resting on the bottom.
- adjective at a loss, ruined, with no way out
- adverb Resting on the bottom.
The boat was stuck aground until the tide rose.
Similar words
shipwrecked stranded beached fast fail failed failure unsuccessful bare-bottomed decumbent
Often followed by
on in and at off near or for upon
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