Ground and Hold

Ground

Ground verb - Confine or restrict to the ground.

Usage example: After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot

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Hold and ground are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Ground".

Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.

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Ground and hold are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ground" instead a verb "Hold".

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

old	old ground	old hold
best	best ground	best hold
firm	firm ground	firm hold
solid	solid ground	solid hold
Other adjectives: original, dead, actual, entire, massive, big, little, main, last.

The trick is to have Olaf stand on high ground and hold up his shield, so Erik can take falling damage by jumping off the upraised shield and down to lower ground.

Source: Mercy Mode
Currently topped with Super Mario Galaxy (afterwhich it slightly tones down from there), where he gets a UFO to rip her castle out of the ground and hold her in the center of the universe.

Source: Serial Escalation / Video Games
He could hit a sunset flip then lift a 500 pound man off the ground and hold him in a Bear Hug.

Source: Acrofatic

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