transitive. To run (a ship) aground, fix on a shoal or sandbank. Obsolete.

transitive. To run (a ship) on a sandbank; also passive of a person, to be run aground.

To run (a ship) aground on the gravel or beach, mud, etc. Also, in passive, of a person: To be set fast in sand or mud. Obsolete.

transitive. To drive or force aground on a shore, esp. on the sea-shore; also rarely of a river, to leave aground (by the ebbing of the tide).