Definition of Grounded

1. Adjective. (electricity) Of or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed. ¹

2. Adjective. (aviation of an airman) Not allowed to fly. ¹

3. Adjective. (context: of a teenager, etc.) Confined to one's room, typically by a parent, as a punishment. ¹

4. Adjective. (context: of a person) Mature, sensible with well-considered priorities. ¹

5. Verb. (past of ground) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grounded

1. ground [v] - See also: ground

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grounded

groundbreakers
groundbreaking
groundbreaking ceremony
groundbreakingly
groundbreakings
groundburst
groundbursts
groundcherries
groundcherry
groundcover
groundcovers
groundcrew
groundcrews
grounde
grounded (current term)
grounded theory
groundedly
groundedness
grounden
grounder
grounders
groundes
groundfire
groundfish
groundfished
groundfishes
groundfishing
groundfloor
groundfloors

Literary usage of Grounded

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1917)
"The functions of the grounded wire are subdivided into at least four categories: First, the vertical grounded wire; second, the lightning rod extending ..."

2. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Elec W 61:227 Fl '13 High-tension distribution by one-wire grounded system. ... FV Magal- haes. diag Elec W 61:1372 Je 21 '13 Present status of grounded ..."

3. Principles of political economy with some of their applications to social by John Stuart Mill (1852)
"CHAPTER X. OF INTERFERENCES OF GOVERNMENT grounded ON ERRONEOUS THEORIES. § 1. FROM the necessary functions of government, and the effects produced on the ..."

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