Ground (verb)
Transitive, intransitive
When a boat grounds or something grounds it, it touches the bottom in shallow water and cannot move.
Example:
The boat grounded on a sandbank and got stuck.
This verb describes a situation where a vessel becomes immobile by touching the seabed or riverbed, often unintentionally.
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