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aground

[ uh-ground ]

adverb

  1. on or into the ground; in a stranded condition or state:

    The ship ran aground.



aground

/ əˈɡ°ù²¹ÊŠ²Ô»å /

adverb

  1. postpositive on or onto the ground or bottom, as in shallow water
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of aground1

1250–1300; Middle English. See a- 1, ground 1
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The world's largest iceberg has run aground in shallow waters off the remote British island of South Georgia, home to millions of penguins and seals.

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This is where the deep thinkers of the "anti-anti-Trump" left — my own unfortunate coinage, I believe — run themselves aground trying to enlist our Great Leader as an anti-imperialist ally.

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“Whiskey†here refers to the class of Soviet submarine that ran aground off the coast of Sweden on Oct.

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Former flagship policies have run aground - it is only a matter of time until the National Care Service is scrapped, once an excuse to blame the opposition presents itself.

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The Royal New Zealand Navy has lost its first ship to the sea since World War Two, after one of its vessels ran aground off the coast of Samoa.

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