Meanings
verbrun aground (third-person singular simple present runs aground, present participle running aground, simple past ran aground, past participle run aground)
present singular third person runs aground · participle present running aground · past ran aground
- intransitiveTo be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.
The ship ran aground and had to be towed back out to sea.
1 more example
The Canadian Coast Guard says a stranded container barge has been refloated, after running aground off Quadra Island over the weekend.
2019 November 15, Simon Little, “Stranded container barge refloated, moved after running aground on Quadra Island”, in Global News, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2020
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian засядам
- засядам (zasjadam)to be immobilized by shallow water
Catalan embarrancar, encallar
- embarrancarto be immobilized by shallow water
- encallarto be immobilized by shallow water
- embancarto be immobilized by shallow water
Chinese Mandarin 擱淺 /搁浅
- 擱淺 /搁浅 (gēqiǎn)to be immobilized by shallow water
Danish strande
- strandeto be immobilized by shallow water
Dutch stranden, vastlopen
- strandento be immobilized by shallow water
- vastlopento be immobilized by shallow water
Esperanto grundigi, grundi
- grundigito cause a vessel to run aground
- grundito be immobilized by shallow water
Finnish ajaa karille, kariuttaa
- ajaa karilleto cause a vessel to run aground
- kariuttaato cause a vessel to run aground
- ajautua karilleto be immobilized by shallow water
- kariutuato be immobilized by shallow water
French échouer
- échouerto be immobilized by shallow water
German auf Grund setzen, auf Grund laufen lassen
- auf Grund setzento cause a vessel to run aground
- auf Grund laufen lassento cause a vessel to run aground
- auf Grund laufento be immobilized by shallow water
- auflaufento be immobilized by shallow water
Greek εξοκέλλω
- εξοκέλλω (exokéllo)to be immobilized by shallow water
Hebrew עָלַה עַל שִׂרְטוֹן
- עָלַה עַל שִׂרְטוֹן (ala al sirton)to be immobilized by shallow water
Hungarian zátonyra futtat, zátonyra fut
- zátonyra futtatto cause a vessel to run aground
- zátonyra futto be immobilized by shallow water
- megfeneklikto be immobilized by shallow water
Italian incagliarsi, arenarsi
- incagliarsito be immobilized by shallow water
- arenarsito be immobilized by shallow water
Korean 좌초되다
- 좌초되다 (jwachodoeda)to be immobilized by shallow water
Polish osadzać na mieliźnie, osadzić na mieliźnie
- osadzać na mieliźnieto cause a vessel to run aground
- osadzić na mieliźnieto cause a vessel to run aground
- osiadać na mieliźnieto be immobilized by shallow water
- osiąść na mieliźnieto be immobilized by shallow water
Portuguese encalhar
- encalharto be immobilized by shallow water
Russian сади́ться на мель
- сади́ться на мель (sadítʹsja na melʹ)to be immobilized by shallow water
Spanish encallar, encallar
- encallarto cause a vessel to run aground
- encallarto be immobilized by shallow water
- vararto be immobilized by shallow water
- zabordarto be immobilized by shallow water
Swedish stranda, gå på grund
- strandato cause a vessel to run aground
- gå på grundto be immobilized by shallow water
- strandato be immobilized by shallow water
Tagalog sumadsad, sumagadsad
- sumadsadto be immobilized by shallow water
- sumagadsadto be immobilized by shallow water
Turkish karaya oturtmak, karaya oturmak
- karaya oturtmakto cause a vessel to run aground
- karaya oturmakto be immobilized by shallow water
Vietnamese mắc cạn
- mắc cạnto be immobilized by shallow water
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“run aground.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20aground. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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