run aground



run aground (on something)

[for a ship] to ram its hull into something beneath the water and get stuck. The ship ran aground on a reef and had to wait for high tide to get free. I was afraid we would run aground in the storm.
See also: run

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Kelemen-Hungarian
CandyceKAN-disEnglish
Evan['evɚn]
ÁKi-Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
AbelAY-bəl (English), ah-BEL (Spanish), ə-BEL (Portuguese)English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georgian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Ecee-JETurkish