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Verb ground has 12 senses

anchor, ground - fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete"
--₁ is one way to fasten, fix, secure
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
ground - confine or restrict to the ground; "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot"
--₂ is one way to restrain, confine, hold

Derived form: noun ground₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
ground - place or put on the ground
--₃ is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay

Derived form: noun ground₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
ground - instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
--₄ is one way to teach, learn, instruct
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
ground, run aground - bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship"
--₅ is one way to land

Derived form: noun ground₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
ground, run aground - hit or reach the ground
--₆ is one way to reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain

Derived form: noun ground₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
ground - throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
--₇ is one way to throw

Derived form: noun ground₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
ground - hit a groundball; "he grounded to the second baseman"
--₈ is one way to hit

Derived form: noun grounder₁
Sample sentence:
It is ----ing
ground - hit onto the ground
--₉ is one way to hit

Derived form: noun ground₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
prime, ground, undercoat - cover with a primer; apply a primer to
--₁₀ is one way to paint

Derived form: noun ground₁₁
Sample sentence:
They want to ground the doors
ground - connect to a ground; "ground the electrical connections for safety reasons"
--₁₁ is one way to connect, link, tie, link up

Derived forms: noun ground₉, noun grounding₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
establish, base, ground, found - use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"

Derived form: noun ground₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP