AGROUND

[adjective] [after verb], [adverb] [not gradable] - (of a boat or ship) touching the ground or, where there is little water, touching the bottom of the sea, a lake, etc. and therefore unable to moveThe ship is currently aground off the Brittany coast.The oil tanker ran/went aground on a mud bank in thick fog.(figurative) The plans to send aid to the areas worst affected by the fighting have run aground (= stopped because of difficulties). [after verb]