Usually means: Ship stranded due to shallow water.
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  1. run aground: Urban Dictionary

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (run aground)

verb:  (intransitive, of a vessel) To be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.
verb:  (transitive) To cause (a vessel) to be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.

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