English Dictionary

ground

/ɡɹaʊnd/

verb

(US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground. / (transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.

She ground the coffee beans for her morning brew.

意味（1）

(US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.

意味（2）

(transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.

If you don't clean your room, I'll have no choice but to ground you.

意味（3）

(transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.

Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.

意味（4）

To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.

Jim was grounded in maths.

意味（5）

(baseball) To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).

[Ichiro Suzuki] went 0 for 4, popping out in foul territory, grounding out to second, and striking out looking. And then, in the top of the eighth inning with a runner on second, the “True Hit King” grounded out to short, just barely failing to beat it out.

意味（6）

To place something on the ground.

The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run.

意味（7）

(intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.

The ship grounded on the bar.

意味（8）

To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.

being rooted and grounded in love

意味（9）

(fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.

意味（10）

To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.

I ground myself with meditation.