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
Eszter	ES-ter	Hungarian
Rosita	[rəu'zi:tə]
Kyriake	-	Greek
Klaes	-	Frisian
Euripides	yoo-RIP-i-deez (English)	Ancient Greek
Damian	DAY-mee-ən (English), DAHM-yahn (Polish)	English, Polish, Dutch