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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Basile	-	French
Maja (1)	MIE-ah (German, Polish)	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish
Aniket	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
&Thorn;ÓRnÝ	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Mavourneen	-	Irish
Reneer	rə-NAYR	Limburgish