Synonyms for aground
əˈgraʊndaground

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1. aground

   Synonyms:
   strained, ashore

   Antonyms:
   afloat, off

Princeton's WordNet

1. aground(p)adverb

   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"

2. agroundadverb

   with the bottom lodged on the ground

   "he ran the ship aground"

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1. standered

   if a person is stranded in a place, he or she is unable to leave it.

   Submitted by anonymous on December 17, 2019  

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1. agroundadjective

   Synonyms:
   ashore, not afloat

2. agroundadjective

   Synonyms:
   stranded, wrecked, cast away

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1. agroundadverb

   Synonyms:
   stranded

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1. List of paraphrases for "aground":

   failed

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1. Thomas Shugart:

   The United States Navy did something similar to The United States Navy when The United States Navy replaced the bow of the damaged USS San Francisco, which ran aground on a seamount near Guam in 2005, with the bow of USS Honolulu, which was slated to be retired.

2. Colonel Restituto Padilla:

   We want the U.S. military to watch over our ships, which China attempts to block every time we rotate troops and bring supplies to a ship that ran aground on Ayungin shoal.

3. Eric Zelien:

   Most of our out-of-towners are rescheduling their trips. It’s kind of like when COVID first hit, when you hear oil spill, everyone thinks Exxon Valdez,'' Eric Zelien said, referring to the tanker that ran aground in 1989 in Prince William Sound, Alaska and spilled millions of gallons.