# grounded

Pronunciation: say "GROWN-did" /ˈɡɹaʊn.dɪd/

## Adjective

1. Confined to stay at home as a punishment, usually imposed by a parent.
   - Simple: Made to stay home as a punishment, usually by a parent.
   - _She was grounded for two weeks for breaking curfew._
   - _Grounded again, he watched from the window as his friends left without him._
2. Emotionally stable and sensible, with well-considered priorities and a clear sense of what truly matters.
   - Simple: Calm and sensible, with a clear sense of what really matters.
   - _Despite her sudden success, she remained remarkably grounded._
   - _Years of hardship left him grounded and clear about his real priorities._
3. Prohibited from flying, as an aircraft kept on the ground by weather, mechanical faults, or regulation.
   - Simple: Stopped from flying and kept on the ground.
   - _Dense fog left dozens of planes grounded at the airport._
   - _The airline kept its entire fleet grounded pending safety inspections._
4. Connected to the earth by a conductor, so that excess or stray electric charge is safely carried away. *(Canada, US)*
   - Simple: Joined to the ground by a wire, so extra electricity can flow away safely.
   - _The technician confirmed that every metal casing was properly grounded._
   - _A grounded circuit reduces the risk of dangerous voltage buildup._
5. Run onto the seabed or a shoal, so that a vessel rests on the bottom and cannot move freely.
   - Simple: Stuck on the bottom in shallow water and unable to move.
   - _The tanker remained grounded on the reef for three days._
   - _With the tide gone, several small craft lay grounded along the estuary._

## Verb

6. Simple past and past participle of ground. — simple past and past participle of ground
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of ground. Use this form when the action already happened.
   - _Engineers grounded the circuit to protect the equipment._
   - _The captain had grounded the vessel to avoid a worse collision._

## Origin

From Middle English grounded (also i-grounded), equivalent to ground combined with the suffix -ed.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/grounded (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).