- hard aground
- A ship which has gone aground and is not able to move under her own power.
Dictionary of automotive terms. 2015.
Dictionary of automotive terms. 2015.
aground — See hard aground … Dictionary of automotive terms
hard — /had / (say hahd) adjective 1. solid and firm to the touch; not soft. 2. firmly formed; tight: a hard knot. 3. difficult to do or accomplish; fatiguing; troublesome: a hard task. 4. difficult or troublesome with respect to an action specified:… …
Hard and fast — Fast Fast, a. [Compar. {Faster}; superl. {Fastest}.] [OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. f[ae]st; akin to OS. fast, D. vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Icel. fastr, Sw. & Dan. fast, and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hard and fast — Synonyms and related words: absolute, aground, authoritative, binding, canonical, compulsory, conclusive, decisive, decretory, dictated, didactic, entailed, final, formulary, hard and fast, imperative, imposed, instructive, irrevocable, mandated … Moby Thesaurus
aground — Synonyms and related words: anchored, beached, castaway, caught, chained, fast, fastened, fixed, foundered, grounded, hard and fast, held, high and dry, impacted, inextricable, jammed, marooned, moored, on the rocks, packed, set fast, shipwrecked … Moby Thesaurus
To run hard — Run Run, v. t. 1. To cause to run (in the various senses of {Run}, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through a block. [1913 Webster] 2. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation. [1913 Webster] To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
USS William Ward Burrows (AP-6) — was a transport ship that saw service with the US Navy in World War II. Santa Rita a twin screw, steel hulled, passenger and cargo motorship launched in May 1929 at Copenhagen, Denmark, by Burmeister and Wain was built for the Grace Steamship… … Wikipedia
HMCS Prince David (F89) — was one of three Canadian National Railway passenger liners that were converted for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), first to Armed Merchant Cruisers at the beginning of World War II, then Infantry Landing Ships (Medium) or Anti Aircraft Escort.… … Wikipedia
Lundy — This article is about the island of Lundy, which is part of England. For other uses, see Lundy (disambiguation). Lundy Site of Special Scientific Interest Area of Search … Wikipedia
Gaspée Affair — The Gaspée Affair was a significant event in the American Revolution. HMS Gaspée , a British revenue schooner that had been vigorously enforcing unpopular trade regulations, ran aground in shallow water, on June 9, 1772 near what is now known as… … Wikipedia