run aground
verbUS, UK /ˌrʌn əˈɡraʊnd/
1
Of 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.
- The Canadian Coast Guard says a stranded container barge has been refloated, after running aground off Quadra Island over the weekend.2019 November 15, Simon Little, “Stranded container barge refloated, moved after running aground on Quadra Island”, in Global News:
2
To cause (a vessel) to be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.
- The drunken helmsman ran the ship aground.