to ground
- verb
- /ɡraʊnd/
- Before you start the experiment, remember to ground the apparatus to ensure safety.
So I park my car deep to ground, down I go.
- So I park my car deep to ground, down I go.
Examples
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But a stiff dose of reality can ground even the loftiest aspirations.
Academic text (2005) -
Now, ground your arms and take three paces back slowly.
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Throw it on the ground and then open it.
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It was a short stay, but I'll tell you what, that experience grounded me.
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Such legal systems may be avoided by firmly grounding the law in accepted moral principles.
Academic text (1999) -
Make sure to ground the sculpture firmly to prevent it from tipping over.
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He decided to ground the proposal with solid evidence before presenting it.
Synonyms
To come down and rest on a surface
To hold something in place so it does not move
To land on the ground or another surface
To fasten something like a tent to the ground with small pins
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Make a person or company exhausted to the point of ruin by pushing them too hard
Treat a holy place like a temple with disrespect by damaging or polluting it
- Informal
To pay close attention to what people say and do to know what is happening
To admire someone too much and ignore their faults
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To damage something by using it too much or managing it badly
Compounds
The place in New York City where the World Trade Center was before the 2001 terrorist attacks
- NSFW
A law allowing someone to use force, even deadly force, without first trying to leave when threatened
A place where things start and grow, often causing trouble like crime or fake news
A place where animals go to mate and raise young or where problems start and grow
- Specialized
Used from a plane to attack or send messages to targets on the ground
A place where a person, group, or animal feels most comfortable, often a team's regular field
- Specialized
A slow burn in the layer of dead leaves and wood under the soil, often without visible flames
- US
A very large extinct mammal with long claws that lived on land in the Americas long ago
- Specialized
A plane gets extra upward lift and less air resistance when it flies very close to the ground
A shiny black or metallic beetle that lives on the ground and eats harmful insects
- Specialized
Frozen water below the ground that forms when water in soil freezes in very cold places
- Specialized
A way to see tiny things under a microscope as bright shapes on a dark background
A slow hard-bodied black beetle that lives on the ground whose young eat rotting plants or stored grain
- Specialized
A small garden plant with round yellow berries inside a papery husk
A small reddish-grey snake in eastern North America that burrows under leaves and soil
A large squirrel that lives in burrows in far northern North America and hibernates for many months
- Specialized
A large Arctic deer that lives on the tundra and migrates long distances
A small brown animal with black stripes on its back that lives on the ground in western North America
- Archaic
A low plant like mint that spreads across the ground with round leaves and small purple flowers
- Jargon
A ball hit on the ground that moves unexpectedly and is hard to field
A low plant with long creeping stems and upright branches that looks like a small pine tree
How Stable
Surface Forms
Etymology
To ground something by putting it on a surface comes from the noun ground as a solid base, so to ground an object is to fix it on a firm foundation so it will not fall.