Astrand

Quick meaning: Astrand is an adjective meaning Resting on the bed of a body of water rather than floating; on or onto a shore or beach. (of a watercraft).

Meaning

Resting on the bed of a body of water rather than floating; on or onto a shore or beach. (of a watercraft).

Example Sentences

There were some boats and barges astrand in the mud,

[…] he slipped and lay face down in the running stream and was hauled astrand.

As the tall ship, whose lofty prore Shall never stem the billows more, Deserted by her gallant band, Amid the breakers lies astrand,—

[…] I had news by the Chirurgeon, how that my Ships-company that betook themselvs to flight with the Shallop were run astrand on the Scemkal or Dagestan Coast, a Countrey butting out against the Caspian Sea.

Synonyms for astrand

Depending on context, synonyms include aground.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include beached, bottom-dwelling, overwater, shorefast, estuaried, sublittoral.

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