grounded

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/ˈɡɹaʊn.dɪd//-dəd/

adjective

Not allowed to fly.

CommonScrabble 11

Meanings

grounded1

adjectivegrounded (comparative more grounded, superlative most grounded)

comparative more grounded · superlative most grounded

  1. aeronauticsNot allowed to fly.
  2. nauticalAground.
    1 more example

    Courageous went down about an hour ago. Glorious also went down toward the end of the battle, cause unknown. Lion is grounded in the shadows of Terschelling, and will not be recoverable. All of the other battlecruisers have medium to heavy damage of one degree or another, with the exception of Renown, which avoided shell damage but took a torpedo at the last moment and is heading home under tow, and, of course, New Zealand, whose sole casualty is a stoker overcome with heat exhaustion.

    2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 27:01 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2022
  3. CanadaUSbusinessOf or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed.
  4. predicativeConfined to stay inside, typically by a parent, as a punishment.

    "Sam, wait. You're not actually grounded. I just want you to be better about listening when I tell you something."

    2022, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 4903: Acquittal
  5. With well-considered priorities through a good understanding of what truly matters.

    Near-synonyms: prudent, reasonable, sensible, wise; realistic, real; mature; see also Thesaurus:wise

    Synonyms: prudent, reasonable, sensible, wise, realistic, real, mature, astute · Antonyms: out of touch, flighty, spacy, fake, pretentious, poseurish

grounded2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of ground

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

grounded · adjective

  1. Middle Englishgrounded
  2. Englishgrounded

From Middle English grounded, i-grounded, equivalent to ground + -ed.

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grounded · verb

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Translations

Bulgarian заземен
  • заземен (zazemen)of a conductor connected to earth
Czech mít zaracha
  • mít zarachaconfined to one's room for some misdemeanor
Esperanto surgrunda, grundinta
  • surgrundaaground
  • grundintaaground
Finnish lentokiellossa, maadoitettu
  • lentokiellossanot allowed to fly
  • maadoitettuof a conductor connected to earth
  • kotiarestissaconfined to one's room for some misdemeanor
French interdit de vol, puni
  • interdit de volnot allowed to fly
  • puniconfined to one's room for some misdemeanor
German mit Flugverbot belegt, geerdet
  • mit Flugverbot belegtnot allowed to fly
  • geerdetof a conductor connected to earth
  • Hausarrest habenconfined to one's room for some misdemeanor
Hungarian szobafogság
  • szobafogságconfined to one's room for some misdemeanor
Icelandic í straffi
  • í strafficonfined to one's room for some misdemeanor
Polish uziemiony, uziemiony
  • uziemionynot allowed to fly
  • uziemionyof a conductor connected to earth
Russian заземлённый, наказан
  • заземлённый (zazemljónnyj)of a conductor connected to earth
  • наказан (nakazan)confined to one's room for some misdemeanor
Spanish detenido en tierra, conectado a tierra
  • detenido en tierranot allowed to fly
  • conectado a tierraof a conductor connected to earth
  • castigadoconfined to one's room for some misdemeanor
Swedish belagd med flygförbud, få flygförbud
  • belagd med flygförbudnot allowed to fly
  • få flygförbudnot allowed to fly
  • jordadof a conductor connected to earth
  • i rumsarrestconfined to one's room for some misdemeanor

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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MLA

“grounded.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grounded. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grounded,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grounded.

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