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Noun grounding has 2 senses
- foundation, grounding - education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge; "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"; "a good grounding in mathematics"
--1 is a kind of education
- grounding, earthing - fastening electrical equipment to earth
--2 is a kind of fastening, attachment
Verb ground has 12 senses
- anchor, ground - fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete"
--1 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
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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
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- ground - place or put on the ground
--3 is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
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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
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Somebody ----s something
- ground, run aground - hit or reach the ground
--6 is one way to reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
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
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Somebody ----s something
- ground - hit a groundball; "he grounded to the second baseman"
--8 is one way to hit
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It is ----ing
- ground - hit onto the ground
--9 is one way to hit
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Somebody ----s something
- prime, ground, undercoat - cover with a primer; apply a primer to
--10 is one way to paint
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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
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Somebody ----s something
- establish, base, ground, found - use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"
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Somebody ----s something PP
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