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unground

unground adjective: not having been ground; unpulverized.

Adjective

unground (not comparable)

  1. Not having been ground; unpulverized.
    • A bit of unground wheat in flour can really hurt when you bite it: another reason to sift.

Verb

unground (third-person singular simple present ungrounds, present participle ungrounding, simple past and past participle ungrounded)

  1. (transitive) To remove a connection to ground potential.
    • If you unground the extension cord it will cause a shock hazard in that drill.
  2. (transitive) To free from the punishment of being grounded (restricted to home).
    • We'll consider ungrounding you when you can act your age.
    • I just had to make John promise not to do anything "bad" at the CYO dance. He was just ungrounded.1965 February 7, Lou Sullivan, Diary

Forms of unground

third-person singular presentungrounds
present participleungrounding
past participleungrounded
pastungrounded

Origin of unground

From un- + ground.

Questions about unground

What does unground mean?
Unground means not having been ground; unpulverized.
What part of speech is unground?
Unground can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near unground in the dictionary

  1. ungroomed
  2. ungrooved
  3. ungross
  4. ungrotesque
  5. ungrouchy
  6. unground
  7. ungroundable
  8. ungrounded
  9. ungroundedly
  10. ungroundedness
  11. ungrounding

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