as in landed
resting on the shore or bottom of a body of water
once his boat was grounded, all he could do was wait for the tide to come back in and raise it off the sand bar
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as in based
to find a basis
you're grounding your entire case on circumstantial evidence
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Recent Examples of grounded
Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
Perkins is a specialist in making childhood trauma feel grounded and relatable, however, and that holds true for the loopy scares of his latest movie.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
American Airlines flights in Louisville and across the country are experiencing delays Tuesday morning after planes were briefly grounded due to an unspecified technical issue.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
His criticisms often feel less grounded in clear-eyed evaluation of the game and more on settling scores.
—Verb
Comparatively speaking, the looking glass world of Songs of the Jabberwock is remarkably grounded.
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“Grounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grounded. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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