Run aground

  • 1run aground — v. (D; intr.) to run aground on (the boat ran aground on a sandbank) * * * (D; intr.) to run aground on (the boat ran aground on a sandbank) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 2run aground — verb a) For a vessel to be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float. b) To cause a vessel to run aground …

    Wiktionary

  • 3run aground — run into a sandbar, be caught on a reef (in a boat) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 4run aground — verb 1. bring to the ground the storm grounded the ship • Syn: ↑ground, ↑strand • Derivationally related forms: ↑ground (for: ↑ground) • …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 5run aground — Synonyms and related words: be clobbered, be felled, be poleaxed, be staggered, be stricken, beach, cast away, come to grief, drown, founder, ground, have a mishap, pile up, shipwreck, sink, strand, suffer a misfortune, take the ground, wreck …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 6run — 1 /rVn/ verb past tense ran past participle run present participle running MOVE QUICKLY ON FOOT 1 (I) to move quickly on foot by moving your legs more quickly than when you are walking: I had to run to catch the bus. | Two youths were killed when …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 7aground — adj., adv. to run aground (the ship ran aground) * * * [ə graʊnd] to run aground (the ship ran aground) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 8run — I [[t]rʌn[/t]] v. ran, run, run•ning, n. adj. 1) to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground 2) to move or pass quickly 3) to depart… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 9aground — adverb or adjective Date: 14th century 1. on the ground < planes aloft and aground > 2. on or onto the shore or the bottom of a body of water < a ship run aground > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 10run —   1. Move swiftly. Holo, hoholo, ho oholo, ka aholo;    ♦ run, as for office, holo, alualu;    ♦ run fast, holo māmā, holo kikī, kikī holo, ho oheihei;    ♦ run here and there, holokē, holo hele, holo lua; holowā (rare);    ♦ run aground, ili;&#8230; …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary