Cheer near the ground (7)
I believe the answer is:
hearten
'cheer' is the definition.
(I know that cheer can be written as hearten)
'near the ground' is the wordplay.
'ground' indicates anagramming the letters ('grind' the letters into a new form).
'near'+'the'='nearthe'
'nearthe' with letters rearranged gives 'HEARTEN'.
(Other definitions for hearten that I've seen before include "Inspire anew" , "Inspirit" , "given cheer" , "Make cheerful" , "Encourage in Teheran" .)