Associations to the word «Aground»
Noun
- Calhoun
- Ship
- Boat
- Vessel
- Bay
- Ran
- Shoal
- Run
- Reef
- Rock
- Tanker
- Schooner
- Steamship
- Spill
- Steamer
- Freighter
- Mooring
- Frigate
- Tow
- Blockade
- Shipwreck
- Fog
- Salvage
- Gunboat
- Shallow
- Sloop
- Inlet
- Sands
- Cargo
- Wreck
- Tide
- Brig
- Iceberg
- Tug
- Hms
- Galveston
- Keel
- Liner
- Sinking
- Lifeboat
- Fathom
- Harbour
- Barge
- Typhoon
- Anchor
- Rudder
- Destroyer
- Tripoli
- Beaufort
- Anchorage
- Shetland
- Uss
- Suez
- Battleship
- Firth
- Lighthouse
- Sunk
- Flagship
- Harbor
- Shore
- Alligator
- Strait
- Cove
- Goodwin
- Gale
- Crew
- Cape
- Cruiser
- Cruise
- Spit
Adjective
Wiktionary
AGROUND, adjective. (nautical) (of a normally floating craft) Resting on the bottom.
AGROUND, adjective. (1811) Stuck fast, stopped, at a loss, ruined, like a boat that has run aground.
AGROUND, adverb. (nautical) (of a normally floating craft) Resting on the bottom.
Dictionary definition
AGROUND, adverb. With the bottom lodged on the ground; "he ran the ship aground".
AGROUND, adjective. Stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float; "a ship aground offshore"; "a boat aground on the beach waiting for the tide to lift it".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.