Aground synonyms and antonyms

ə-ground'

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on-the-ground
On the spot, in situ
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foundered
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grounded
Kept at home, and forbidden to engage in social activity, as a punishment
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stranded
A piece of wire made by combining or bundling thinner wires
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swamped
Very busy; having too much to do
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shipwrecked
Stranded as a result of a shipwreck.
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reefed
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disabled
Having a disability, especially physical.
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marooned
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on the shore
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resting on the bottom
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on a rock
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stuck in the mud
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stuck fast
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not afloat
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cast away
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wrecked
Destroyed in an accident etc
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shoaled
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piled-up
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afloat (antonym)
on the bottom of
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dismast (related)
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run-aground (related)
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capsize (related)
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refloat (related)
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heavy-sea (related)
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washed ashore
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Aground Sentence Examples

  • She came under shrapnel fire off the mole, and as she rounded it a star shell showed up the "Intrepid" heading for the canal and the "Thetis" aground.

  • They gave us a wide berth, we were more worried they might run aground.

  • Lifeboat assists grounded creel boat The Kirkwall lifeboat was called out on Tuesday to assist a creel boat The Kirkwall lifeboat was called out on Tuesday to assist a creel fishing boat aground off the Rendall shore.

  • Passing the first of these vessels with terrific broadsides, the "Merrimac" rammed the "Cumberland" and then turned her fire again on the "Congress," which in an attempt to escape ran aground and was there under fire from three other Confederate gun-boats which had meanwhile joined the "Merrimac."

  • The trawler had been driven ashore in severe weather and was hard aground on the Orkneys, at Copinsay.

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