Emily Dickinson Lexicon

aground, adv. [see ground, n.] (webplay: depth, sand, sea, ship).

1. Washed up; stranded; beached; ashore; marooned at the shore; [prothesis] grounded.
2. Stopped; hindered; submerged; immovable; impeded by insurmountable obstacles; [fig.] dead; buried; interred.