Crossword clues for grounding
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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.
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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 in love.
--Eph. iii. 17.So far from warranting any inference to the existence of a God, would, on the contrary, ground even an argument to his negation.
--Sir W. Hamilton To instruct in elements or first principles.
(Elec.) To connect with the ground so as to make the earth a part of an electrical circuit.
(Fine Arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching (see Ground, n., 5); or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
To forbid (a pilot) to fly an airplane; -- usually as a disciplinary measure, or for reasons of ill health sufficient to interfere with performance.
To forbid (aircraft) to fly; -- usually due to the unsafe condition of the aircraft or lack of conformity to safety regulations; as, the discovery of a crack in the wing of a Trijet caused the whole fleeet to be grounded for inspection.
To temporarily restrict the activities of (a child), especially social activity outside the house; -- usually for bad or unsatisfactory conduct; as, Johnny was grounded for fighting at school and can't go to the movies for two weeks.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The return to a fully conscious state after a psychedelic experience. 2 The collision of a ship with ground beneath the surface of the water. 3 The permanence of aircraft on land because of government action. 4 (context electrical engineering English) The interconnecting metal chassis/frame of a device, appliance, machine, or metal raceway via a designated conductor to earth at the Service Panel. The conductor may be bare or covered (with green plastic which may have a yellow stripe (US).) This conductor does NOT carry current in normal operation. 5 The absorption of energy through visualized "roots" descending from oneself into the ground, using Qi. 6 The act by which a child is grounded (forbidden from going out). vb. (present participle of ground English)
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
Grounding - Die letzten Tage der Swissair (en:Grounding - The last days of Swissair) is a film about the collapse in 2001 of Swissair, Switzerland's national airline, by Michael Steiner and Tobias Fueter, presented in January 2006. Producers: Peter-Christian Fueter & Pascal Najadi.
Grounding is a topic in metaphysics. One thing is sometimes said to "ground" another when the first in some way accounts for the being of the second. For example, it is sometimes claimed that facts about physical particles ground facts about larger objects.
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), a topic of wide philosophical interest.
- Symbol grounding, a problem in cognition and artificial intelligence
- "Grounded", a song by Soul Asylum from the 1990 album And the Horse They Rode in On
- Ship grounding, a type of marine accident
- Grounding in communication, the collection of mutual knowledge, beliefs, and assumptions; "common ground"
- Groundings, an undergraduate interdisciplinary journal in the humanities, arts & social sciences
- Intentional grounding, American Football term
- Earthing Therapy, a controversial alternative health practice
Grounding is a common discipline technique used with older children, usually preadolescents and adolescents, where the child is not allowed to leave their bedroom or house except for required activities such as meals, school, or chores. Grounding can also include having privileges taken away, such as having friends over, watching TV, playing computer games, access to the internet (except for homework), and sometimes sports or other extracurricular activities. The goal is to correct a misbehavior by removing positive reinforcements from the child or teen's environment.
Grounding has been suggested as an alternative to physical discipline for behavior management in the home. According to a 2000 review on child outcomes, "Grounding has been replicated as a more effective disciplinary alternative than spanking with teenagers."
Grounding can backfire if the type and duration of restrictions are too severe relative to the behavior meant to be corrected or if the restrictions are too difficult for the parent to enforce.
References to invocation of grounding is common in popular culture and is often demonstrated in TV shows and films. This term was used originally in aviation such as when a pilot is restricted from flying in an aircraft due to misconduct, emergencies such as illness or other reasons, the pilot is "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.