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/əˈstɹænd/ · adjective
Resting on the bed of a body of water rather than floating; on or onto a shore or beach. (of a watercraft).
[…] 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.
As the tall ship, whose lofty prore Shall never stem the billows more, Deserted by her gallant band, Amid the breakers lies astrand,—
There were some boats and barges astrand in the mud,
[…] he slipped and lay face down in the running stream and was hauled astrand.
Use astrand when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Astrand means Resting on the bed of a body of water rather than floating; on or onto a shore or beach. (of a watercraft).
Common synonyms include aground.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] 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.
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