Word

ground, v.
(grounded, grounding, grounds)
freq. cnt. 5

fix firmly and stably
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

anchor ground

sample sentences

"anchor the lamppost in concrete"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

anchor

semantic pointers

hypernym

fasten, fix, secure

instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

ground

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody

semantic pointers

hypernym

teach, instruct, learn

place or put on the ground
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

ground

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ground

semantic pointers

hypernym

put, place, set, lay, position, pose

confine or restrict to the ground
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

ground

sample sentences

"After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ground

semantic pointers

hypernym

hold, restrain, confine, constrain

use as a basis for; found on
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 76 freq. cnt.: 75 freq. cnt.: 1

base establish found ground

sample sentences

"base a claim on some observation"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

base

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ground

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

foundation foundation

semantic pointers

hyponym

build

connect to a ground
<verb.contact>

ground

sample sentences

"ground the electrical connections for safety reasons"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

grounding ground

semantic pointers

hypernym

connect, link, tie, link up

hyponym

earth

cover with a primer; apply a primer to
<verb.contact>

ground prime undercoat

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
They want to %s the doors

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
They want to %s the doors

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
The men %s the boat
They want to %s the doors

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

primer

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ground

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

undercoat undercoat

semantic pointers

hypernym

paint

hit onto the ground
<verb.contact>

ground

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ground

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

baseball, baseball game, ball

hypernym

hit

verb group

ground ground

hit a groundball
<verb.contact>

ground

sample sentences

"he grounded to the second baseman"

verb frames

It is ----ing

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

grounder

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

baseball, baseball game, ball

hypernym

hit

verb group

ground

throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
<verb.contact>

ground

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ground

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

football, football game

verb group

ground

hypernym

throw

hit or reach the ground
<verb.motion>

ground run aground

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ground

semantic pointers

hypernym

reach, arrive at, hit, gain, make, attain

bring to the ground
<verb.motion>

ground run aground strand

sample sentences

"the storm grounded the ship"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ground

semantic pointers

cause

ground, run aground

hypernym

land