English Explanatory Dictionary

run aground

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.
  2. To cause (a vessel) to be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.

Pronunciation

/ˌrʌn əˈɡraʊnd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-run aground.wav

Word forms

run aground runs aground running aground ran aground

Synonyms

beach ground

Translations

Bulgarian: засядам Catalan: embarrancar Catalan: encallar Catalan: embancar Chinese Mandarin: 擱淺 /搁浅 Danish: strande Dutch: stranden Dutch: vastlopen Esperanto: grundi Finnish: ajautua karille Finnish: kariutua French: échouer Galician: embarrancar Galician: encallar Galician: varar German: auf Grund laufen German: auflaufen Greek: εξοκέλλω Hebrew: עָלַה עַל שִׂרְטוֹן Hungarian: zátonyra fut Hungarian: megfeneklik Italian: incagliarsi Italian: arenarsi Korean: 좌초되다 Norman: couôrre à tèrre Norman: êchouer Polish: osiadać na mieliźnie Polish: osiąść na mieliźnie Portuguese: encalhar Russian: сади́ться на мель Serbo-Croatian: nasukati se Spanish: encallar Spanish: varar Spanish: zabordar Swedish: gå på grund Swedish: stranda Tagalog: sumadsad Tagalog: sumagadsad Turkish: karaya oturmak Ottoman Turkish: اوتورمق Vietnamese: mắc cạn
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