Antonyms for grounded

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ground

Phonetic Transcription : graʊnd

Definition of grounded

Origin : "learned," late 14c.; "firmly fixed or established," 1540s, past participle adjective from ground (v.). Electrical sense is from 1889. Meaning "having been denied privileges" is from 1940s. Dickens had room-ridden "confined to one's room."

verb base, set; educate
verb restrict; drop in place

Example sentences :

Swinging the nose of the canoe ashore, Frank grounded the craft and got out.
Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman

I thought I was long ago sufficiently 'grounded and stablished' in this Doctrine.
Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson

What is the aboriginal Self, on which a universal reliance may be grounded?
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

This time he got further into the tangle before he grounded.
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

The grounded fleet of the United Nations was taking to the air again.
Extract from : « Invasion » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins

Had the sphere been grounded, trying to reach him under the surface of the earth?
Extract from : « The Whispering Spheres » by Russell Robert Winterbotham

The old boat dashed on, and in a moment or two grounded upon the beach.
Extract from : « Little By Little » by William Taylor Adams

The anchor is cast from the prow; the sterns are grounded on the beach.
Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil

He was grounded on his haunches, with uplifted paws, ready for anything.
Extract from : « "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" » by Douglas English

If it be crossed, or grounded, away goes the power, while he may be wondering why.
Extract from : « Quiet Talks on Power » by S.D. Gordon

Synonyms for grounded

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