grounded en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈɡɹaʊn.dɪd/
- /-dəd/
Etymology
From Middle English grounded, i-grounded, equivalent to ground + -ed.
Meanings
- (of an airman or aircraft) Not allowed to fly.
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(of a vessel) 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.
2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 27:01 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2022:
- (Canada, US) Of or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed.
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(of a person, predicative) Confined to stay inside, typically by a parent, as a punishment.
"Sam, wait. You're not actually grounded. I just want you to be better about listening when I tell you something."
2022, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 4903: Acquittal:
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(of a person) 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
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more grounded | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most grounded | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
poseurish · spacy · out of touch · flighty · fake · pretentious
Deriveds
ungrounded · grounded narrative inquiry · groundedness · grounded theory · ill-grounded · well-grounded · groundedly · deep-grounded
Synonyms
prudent · frood · oracular · reasonable · grounded · real · astute · prudent · politic · sage · profound · sapient · realistic · sensible · reasonable · deep · wise · sagacious · judicious · quick-witted · witful · clairvoyant · perspicacious · wise · mature · sensible
Translations (25)
de mit Flugverbot belegt (not allowed to fly) · is í straffi (confined to one's room for some misdemeanor) · es castigado (confined to one's room for some misdemeanor) · es detenido en tierra (not allowed to fly) · mk взе́мјен (of a conductor connected to earth) · pl uziemiony (not allowed to fly) · fi kotiarestissa (confined to one's room for some misdemeanor) · pl uziemiony (of a conductor connected to earth) · de geerdet (of a conductor connected to earth) · eo grundinta (aground) · bg заземен (of a conductor connected to earth) · ru наказан (confined to one's room for some misdemeanor) · fr interdit de vol (not allowed to fly) · sv i rumsarrest (confined to one's room for some misdemeanor) · sv få flygförbud (not allowed to fly) · fi lentokiellossa (not allowed to fly) · sv jordad (of a conductor connected to earth) · fi maadoitettu (of a conductor connected to earth) · es conectado a tierra (of a conductor connected to earth) · fr puni (confined to one's room for some misdemeanor) · ru заземлённый (of a conductor connected to earth) · cs mít zaracha (confined to one's room for some misdemeanor) · sv belagd med flygförbud (not allowed to fly) · hu szobafogság (confined to one's room for some misdemeanor) · de Hausarrest haben (confined to one's room for some misdemeanor)