Aground and Offshore

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Aground adjective - Resting on the shore or bottom of a body of water.

Usage example: the villagers came to stare at the foreign ship that was aground on their beach and at the strangely dressed sailors on board

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Offshore is an antonym for aground.

Offshore adjective - Of, relating to, or situated in the waters near the shore.

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Aground is an antonym for offshore.

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