Grounded
adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of ground form-of, participle, past
- 1 Not allowed to fly.
- 2 Aground.
"Courageous went down about an hour ago. Glorious also went down toward the end of the battle, cause unknown. Lion is grounded in the shadows of Terschelling, and will not be recoverable. All of the other battlecruisers have medium to heavy damage of one degree or another, with the exception of Renown, which avoided shell damage but took a torpedo at the last moment and is heading home under tow, and, of course, New Zealand, whose sole casualty is a stoker overcome with heat exhaustion."
- 3 Of or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed. Canada, US
- 4 Confined to stay inside, typically by a parent, as a punishment. predicative
""Sam, wait. You're not actually grounded. I just want you to be better about listening when I tell you something.""
- 5 With well-considered priorities through a good understanding of what truly matters.
"Near-synonyms: prudent, reasonable, sensible, wise; realistic, real; mature; see also Thesaurus:wise"
Antonyms
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More examples"Maybe it's his age but his opinions seem a little more grounded in experience than everyone else's."
Etymology
From Middle English grounded, i-grounded, equivalent to ground + -ed.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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