ground-v; 5 Senses

Sense Number 1: hold or bring to the ground

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[agent[concrete]] GROUND NP2[patient[concrete]]
NOTE:

Examples:
What grounded the Airbus A380?
America has grounded the Wright Brothers.
They grounded the boat on the rocky black beach.
Sergei Fedorov's slow start has grounded the Mighty Ducks attempt to
build on a high-flying season.

Mappings:
VerbNet: pocket-9.10-1
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: ground.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9

Sense Number 2: use as or provide a base or foundation for

Commentary: Syntax

Examples:
Our school attempts to ground students in the basic subjects to
prepare them for college.
Your claim does not ground on anything.

Mappings:
VerbNet: base-97.1
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4, 12

Sense Number 3: BASEBALL: hit a ground ball (and make an out)

Examples:
There is doubt as to which team first grounded the ball.
How noble it is for a player to deliberately ground out just so
another player can move into scoring position?

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
ground_out 1

Sense Number 4: cover with primer

Examples:
The artist had to ground the canvas before applying the acrylic paint.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 10

Sense Number 5: establish a connection between an electric circuit and the earth

Examples:
I grounded the top electrode and left the other electrodes at 5 Volts.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 11