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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE good ▪ This, he says, gave him a good grounding . ▪ Every child needs a good grounding in science and technology. solid ▪ Coursework gives a solid conceptual grounding introducing major themes from economics, sociology, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge; "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"; "a good grounding in mathematics" [syn: foundation ] fastening electrical equipment to earth [syn: earthing ]
Wikipedia
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Grounding or grounded may refer to: Ground (electricity) , a common return path for electric current Grounding (film) , about the collapse of the airline Swissair Grounding (punishment) , restrictions placed on movement or privileges Grounding (metaphysics) ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
ground \ground\ (ground), v. t. [imp. & p. p. grounded ; p. pr. & vb. n. grounding .] To lay, set, or run, on the ground. To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly. Being rooted and grounded ...
Usage examples of grounding.
He practiced all he could, while Cho also gave him a grounding in the Atlantean language.
I hold to this last hypothesis, grounding it on the fact that the moon is really a cold star, which is no longer habitable, although the sun continues to throw on its surface the same amount of heat.
The stuff I play has hawkbells in it and mill wheels and pikes all grounding at once.
And felt with relief a solid grounding of worry, with overtones of protectiveness and desire to help.
They were going to chance grounding without unstepping the mast, though.
Native crew cleaning up tons of toxic crude oil still oozing out of Sleepy Bay eight years after the Exxon Valdez grounding.
Shri Parananda, Solicitor General of Ceylon and an eminent writer upon and teacher of Yoga from the orthodox Shaivite standpoint, and Bhikkhu Ananda Metteya, the great English Adept, who was one of my earliest instructors in Magick and joined the Sangha in Burma in 1902, gave me my first groundings in mystical theory and practice.
The shield sparkled when the crackles of light managed to reach it, dissipating the power with counterforces, grounding the magic with an opposite.
More black flames dribbled from his slack fingers, grounding harmlessly into the floor.
But sometimes, when they go overboard on the groundings and other assholic parental gestures, I can't help but think they're trying to "save" me because they couldn't save Matthew.
You might wish to have a clear crystal quartz for pure energy, a blue lapis lazuli flecked with gold for wisdom, a purple amethyst and rose quartz for healing and harmony, or a gleaming, golden-brown tiger's eye for grounding.
The Pacific Ocean was a body of water surrounded on all sides by elephantiasis and other dread diseases to which, if he ever displeased Colonel Cathcart by grounding Yossarian, he might suddenly find himself transferred.
Grounding their flippers, they had taken cover and appeared, at least for the moment, to be simply exchanging fire.
But in every case, the philosophical groundings they've come up with are less evident, less solid and secure, than the very phenomena they are supposed to ground.
Once -- probably dissatisfied with his overly conscious strewings and sawdust groundings -- he asked Tulla to storm up from behind and to fling sawdust, shavings, or even sand as though at random.