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- : the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- : earth or soil: stony ground.
- : land having an indicated character: rising ground.
- : Often grounds . a tract of land appropriated to a special use: picnic grounds; a hunting ground.
- : Often grounds . the foundation or basis on which a belief or action rests; reason or cause: grounds for dismissal.
- : subject for discussion; topic: Sex education is forbidden ground in some school curricula.
- : rational or factual support for one's position or attitude, as in a debate or argument: on firm ground; on shaky ground.
- : the main surface or background in painting, decorative work, lace, etc.
- : Fine Arts. a coating of some substance serving as a surface for paint, ink, or other media in art: Lead white is a traditional ground for oil paintings.ground color.
- : the background in a visual field, contrasted with the figure.
- : Also called etching ground. an acid-resistant substance, composed of wax, gum, and resin in varying proportions, applied to the entire surface of an etching plate and through which the design is drawn with an etching needle.
- : grounds, dregs or sediment: coffee grounds.
- : grounds, the gardens, lawn, etc., surrounding and belonging to a building.
- : Electricity. a conducting connection between an electric circuit or equipment and the earth or some other conducting body.
- : Music. ground bass.
- : Nautical. the bottom of a body of water.
- : the earth's solid or liquid surface; land or water.
- : Carpentry. a strip of wood to which woodwork can be attached, set flush with the plaster finish of a room.a strip of wood or length of corner bead used at an opening as a stop for plasterwork.
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- : situated on or at, or adjacent to, the surface of the earth: a ground attack.
- : pertaining to the ground.
- : Military. operating on land: ground forces.
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- : to lay or set on the ground.
- : to place on a foundation; fix firmly; settle or establish; found.
- : to instruct in elements or first principles: to ground students in science.
- : to furnish with a ground or background, as on decorative work.
- : to cover with colors or other materials before printing.
- : Electricity. to establish a ground for.
- : Nautical. to cause to run aground.
- : Aeronautics. to restrict to the ground because of bad weather, the unsatisfactory condition of the aircraft, etc.
- : to forbid to fly because of bad health, failure to comply with safety regulations, or the like.
- : Informal. to put out of action or make unable to participate: The quarterback was grounded by a knee injury.
- : Informal. to restrict the activities, especially the social activities, of: I can't go to the party—my parents have grounded me until my grades improve.
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- : to come to or strike the ground.
- : Baseball. to hit a ground ball. to ground out.
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- : ground out, Baseball. to be put out at first base after hitting a ground ball to the infield.
Phrases
- ground floor, get in on the
- ground rules
- both feet on the ground
- break ground
- common ground
- cover ground
- cover the field (ground)
- cut the ground from under
- down to the ground
- ear to the ground
- from the ground up
- gain ground
- get off the ground
- give ground
- happy hunting ground
- hit the ground running
- lose ground
- on one's home ground
- run into the ground
- run to earth (ground)
- stamping ground
- stand one's ground
- worship the ground someone walks on
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Examples
They do this, Rogers explains, by forcing coastal wetlands to store carbon below ground and within the living plants.
This is where the golden spike is driven—ground zero for a major course change in Earth history.
There are rovers tasked with understanding organics on the ground and looking for signs of life.
They focused on his feet positioning on sprints, having him start either on the ground or with his two feet on a line, as opposed to a natural sprinting position with one foot in front of the other.
Hoist the bag up until the cache hangs at least 12 feet off the ground and five feet below the branch.
But for me, this admittance of uncertainty and doubts grounds Serial in reality.
By 27 September, there were 1,400 people in the grounds of the embassy, creating a small humanitarian crisis.
Though this might easily have been grounds for dismissal or reassignment, nothing of the sort happened.
“They cannot go to the European Court because they have no grounds,” she says.
Green-Wood has its own catacombs, which grounds keepers will unlock for tour groups.
The tea was all laid on tables in the garden, and the sausages were cooking over a fire made on the grounds.
He has taken down its fences, and "boulevarded" its grounds till it merges into those of his neighbors.
I've seen him prowling about the grounds: and the night of the marriage he was mounted up at the chapel window.
He was hurrying towards the corner of the palace grounds when a shriek from Winifred set his teeth on edge.
But for the trees, these sullen skies and level grounds would render England dreary enough.