run aground

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Verb

run aground

1. (intransitive) For a vessel to be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.
   • The ship ran aground and had to be towed back out to sea.
2. (transitive) To cause a vessel to run aground.
   • The drunken helmsman ran the ship aground.

Synonyms

• beach
• ground

Translations

• French: échouer
• German: auf Grund laufen (intransitive), auf Grund setzen (transitive), auf Grund laufen lassen (transitive), auflaufen
• Italian: incagliarsi, arenarsi
• Portuguese: encalhar
• Russian: сади́ться на мель
• Spanish: encallar, varar, zabordar

Translations

• Spanish: encallar

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