run aground

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) To be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.
  2. (transitive) To cause (a vessel) to be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.

Synonyms

go aground

be stranded

strike a rock

be stranded on a reef

said of a ship

get stranded

collide with

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