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What is the verb for ground?

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ground
  1. (US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
  2. (transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing him/her to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
  3. (transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
  4. To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
  5. (baseball) to hit a ground ball; to hit a ground ball which results in an out. Compare fly (verb(regular)) and line (verb).
  6. (cricket) (of a batsman) to place his bat, or part of his body, on the ground behind the popping crease so as not to be run out
  7. (intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
  8. To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
  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.
  10. To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
  11. Synonyms:
      12. land, dock, anchor, beach, strand, become stranded, run aground, bring down, run ashore, become beached, be high and dry, wash up, reach the shore, get stuck, make stranded, make beached, moor, berth, arrive, shipwreck, drop anchor, founder, go ashore, come ashore, wreck, come in to land, come to berth, make land, be stranded, be stuck, be grounded, come to rest, be beached, run on the rocks, be on the rocks, base, found, establish, set, build, form, root, settle, construct, fix, predicate, rest, hinge, center, hang … more
  12. Examples:
      13. “He would pilot it south to a marsh area called Sumerled, where they would ground the boat and set fire to it.”
      “Riemann feels a strong compulsion to ground his theories in the basic facts of the musical material.”
      “She spends much time with the Benedictines who ground her in their spiritual disciplines and teachings.”
grounded
  1. simple past tense and past participle of ground
  2. Synonyms:
      3. established, set up, founded, instituted, formed, initiated, created, based, incorporated, assembled, inaugurated, enacted, launched, started up, built, constructed, started, stationed, centered, ensconced, entrenched, erected, implanted, organized, put in place, rooted, secured, setted, brought about, centralized, got going, landed, lodged, moored, planted, positioned, put, set down, centralised, centred, consolidated, domiciliated, embedded, fixed, fixt, installed, organised, placed, stuck, constituted … more
ground
  1. simple past tense and past participle of grind
  2. Synonyms:
      3. land, dock, anchor, beach, strand, become stranded, run aground, bring down, run ashore, become beached, be high and dry, wash up, reach the shore, get stuck, make stranded, make beached, moor, berth, arrive, shipwreck, drop anchor, founder, go ashore, come ashore, wreck, come in to land, come to berth, make land, be stranded, be stuck, be grounded, come to rest, be beached, run on the rocks, be on the rocks, base, found, establish, set, build, form, root, settle, construct, fix, predicate, rest, hinge, center, hang … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He would pilot it south to a marsh area called Sumerled, where they would ground the boat and set fire to it.”
      “Riemann feels a strong compulsion to ground his theories in the basic facts of the musical material.”
      “She spends much time with the Benedictines who ground her in their spiritual disciplines and teachings.”
grounding
  1. present participle of ground
  2. Synonyms:
      3. landing, docking, anchoring, beaching, stranding, becoming stranded, running aground, bringing down, running ashore, becoming beached, washing up, making beached, getting stuck, making stranded, shipwrecking, foundering, wrecking, reaching the shore, coming to rest, running on the rocks, basing, founding, establishing, setting, building, forming, rooting, settling, constructing, fixing, predicating, centering, installing, centreing, centring, resting, hanging, hingeing, hinging, planting, setting up, deriving, stationing, depending, propping, staying, positioning, centralizing, placing, embedding … more
groundest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of ground
grounden
  1. (archaic) past participle of grind
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