grounded
Not allowed to fly.
Other meanings
Of or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed.
confined to stay inside, typically by a parent, as a punishment.
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "grounded".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “grounded” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.