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ground
1. Verb:
2. [1] (transitiv) Luftfahrt: am Boden festhalten
3. [2] transitiv, Kind: Hausarrest erteilen
4. [3] Boot, Schiff: auf Grund setzen, auf Grund laufen
5. [4] transitiv, amerikanisch: elektrisch mit der Erde verbinden
6. [5] ground in: Grundlagen lehren in, einführen in
7. [6] grounded in/on: begründet in, gründen auf, fußen auf
[1] The storm grounds us.
Der Sturm hält uns am Boden fest.
[2] Their parents should ground them.
Ihre Eltern sollten ihnen Hausarrest erteilten.
[3] They wanted to ground the boat, but feared the damage when it grounds.
Sie wollten das Boot aufsetzen, fürchteten auf den Schaden, wenn es aufsetzt.
[4] You should ground this device to limit possible damage.
Du solltest dieses Gerät erden, um möglichen Schaden zu begrenzen.
[5] The teacher will ground them in English.
Die Lehrkraft wird sie ins Englisch einführen.
[6] All this is grounded in english references.
All dies fußt auf englischen Referenzen.
8. Konjugierte Form:
9. Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs grind
grind
1. schleifen
2. mahlen, zermahlen
Englisch > Englisch
ground
1. subst. The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
2. subst. Terrain.
3. subst. Soil, earth.
The worm crawls through the ground.
The fox escaped from the hounds by going to ground.
4. subst. The bottom of a body of water.
5. subst. Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
6. subst. reason, Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
You will need to show good grounds for your action.
He could not come on grounds of health, or on health grounds.
7. subst. Background, context, framework, surroundings.
8. subst. (historical) The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
9. subst. (metaphorical) Hence, by extension, advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
10. subst. plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
crimson flowers on a white ground
11. subst. In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
12. subst. In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
Brussels ground
13. subst. In etching, a gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
14. subst. (architecture, mostly, in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them.
15. subst. A soccer stadium.
Manchester United's ground is known as Old Trafford.
16. subst. (electricity, Canadian, and US) An electrical conductor connected to the ground.
17. subst. (electricity, Canadian, and US) A level of electrical potential used as a zero reference.
18. subst. (cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (h
19. subst. (music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
20. subst. (music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
21. subst. The pit of a theatre.
22. v. (US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
23. v. To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing him/her 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!
My kids are currently grounded from television.
24. v. To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.
25. v. To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
Jim was grounded in maths.
26. v. (baseball) to hit a ground ball; to hit a ground ball which results in an out. Compare fly (verb(regular)) and line (verb).
Jones grounded to second in his last at-bat.
27. v. (cricket) (of a batsman) to place his bat, or part of his body, on the ground behind the popping crease so as not to be run out
28. v. (intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
The ship grounded on the bar.
29. v. To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
30. v. (fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
31. v. To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
I ground myself with meditation.
I ground the coffee up nicely.
32. adj. Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
ground mustard seed
33. adj. Processed by grinding.
lenses of ground glass
Deutsch > Englisch
Boden
1. subst. ground, soil
heiliger Boden - hallowed ground
2. subst. sea bottom (typically called Meeresboden)
3. subst. any defined type of soil
4. subst. floor
5. subst. attic, garret, loft
6. subst. (colloquial) flooring, floor cover (often used in this sense in compound nouns: Teppichboden, Parkettboden)

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Beispielsätze

Those pants are much too long. They almost touch the ground.      Die Hose ist viel zu lang – die reicht fast bis zum Boden. Hundreds of boys are playing in the ground.      Hunderte von Jungs spielen auf dem Feld. There's no hot water on the fourth floor, but there is on the ground floor.      Im vierten Stock gibt es kein warmes Wasser, aber im Erdgeschoss schon. A piece of paper fell on the ground.      Ein Blatt Papier fiel auf den Boden. The priest made the sign of the cross as the casket was lowered into the ground.      Der Priester machte das Zeichen des Kreuzes, als der Sarg in die Erde versenkt wurde.

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