ground
/ɡɹaʊnd/ verbo C1En español: castigar
- To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
- To electrocute.
- To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges. · If you don't clean your room, I'll have no choice but to ground you.· Eric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night!
- To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly. · Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.
- To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles. · Jim was grounded in maths.
- To place a bat or part of the body on the ground to avoid being run out.
- To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).
- To place something on the ground.
He/she/it grounds · Pasado grounded · Participio pasado grounded · Forma en -ing grounding
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- ground
- He/she/it
- grounds
- Pasado
- grounded
- Participio pasado
- grounded
- Forma en -ing
- grounding
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
De la biblioteca
A SICK STAG lay down in a quiet corner of its pasture-ground.
A MISER sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily.
The other, seeing that he must be attacked, fell flat on the ground, and when the Bear came up and felt him with his snout, and smelt him all over, he held his breath, and feigned the appearance of death as much as he could.
The Witch of the North seemed to think for a time, with her head bowed and her eyes upon the ground.
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