What is the meaning of GROUNDED. Phrases containing GROUNDED
See meanings and uses of GROUNDED!Slangs & AI meanings
Noun. Impudence, cheek, especially by a child to an adult. E.g." I want you on your best behaviour when the vicar calls; any of your chelp and you'll be grounded for the week." [Midlands/Northern use. Dialect]
A method of freeing a vessel grounded on mud in which the crew forms a line and runs back and forth athwartships. The goal is to cause the ship to rock back and forth, breaking the mud's suction and freeing her with little or no hull damage.
A shore downwind of a ship. A sailing ship which cannot sail well to windward risks being blown onto a lee shore and grounded.
Ship grounded on the blocks during docking in a dry dock.
Grounded is slang for confined to home.
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v. i.
To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; -- usually with on or upon.
n.
Specifically, a discourse delivered in public, usually by a clergyman, for the purpose of religious instruction and grounded on some text or passage of Scripture.
adv.
In a grounded or firmly established manner.
n.
The writ grounded on that offense.
imp. & p. p.
of Ground
adv.
By presumption, or supposition grounded or probability; presumably.
a.
Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof.
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Having at the bottom, or as a bottom; resting upon a bottom; grounded; -- mostly, in composition; as, sharp-bottomed; well-bottomed.
v. i.
To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed; as, the ship grounded on the bar.
n.
A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas.
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