Meanings
- not comparableResting on the bed of a body of water rather than floating; on or onto a shore or beach. (of a watercraft)
There were some boats and barges astrand in the mud,
1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 47, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 4823 more examples
[…] I had news by the Chirurgeon, how that my Ships-company that betook themselvs to flight with the Shallop were run astrand on the Scemkal or Dagestan Coast, a Countrey butting out against the Caspian Sea.
1671, “The Copy of a Narrativ, Sent from Capt. D. Butler,”, in John Morrison, transl., The Perillous and Most Unhappy Voyages of John Struys, London: Samuel Smith, published 1683, page 373As the tall ship, whose lofty prore Shall never stem the billows more, Deserted by her gallant band, Amid the breakers lies astrand,—
1810, Walter Scott, “Canto VI. The Guard-room.”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, →OCLC, stanza XIII, page 260[…] he slipped and lay face down in the running stream and was hauled astrand.
1932, Robinson Jeffers, “Margrave”, in The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers, New York: Random House, published 1938, page 374Synonyms: aground
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveResting on the bed of a body of water rather than floating; on or onto a shore or beach. (of a watercraft)
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