Ground

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The solid surface of the earth.
  • noun. The floor of a body of water, especially the sea.
  • noun. Soil; earth.
  • noun. An area of land designated for a particular purpose.
  • noun. The land surrounding or forming part of a house or another building.
  • noun. An area or a position that is contested in or as if in battle.
  • noun. Something that serves as a foundation or means of attachment for something else.
  • noun. A surrounding area; a background.
  • noun. The foundation for an argument, belief, or action; a basis.
  • noun. The underlying condition prompting an action; a cause: synonym: base.
  • noun. An area of reference or discussion; a subject.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The sediment at or from the bottom of a liquid.
  • noun. Particles of ground coffee beans for use in making coffee for drinking.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A large conducting body, such as the earth or an electric circuit connected to the earth, used as an arbitrary zero of potential.
  • noun. A conducting object, such as a wire, that is connected to such a position of zero potential.
  • noun. A mesh background upon which patterns are worked in lace-making.
  • intransitive verb. To place on or cause to touch the ground.
  • intransitive verb. To provide a basis for (a theory, for example); justify.
  • intransitive verb. To supply with basic information; instruct in fundamentals.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To prevent (an aircraft or a pilot) from flying.
  • intransitive verb. To restrict (someone) especially to a certain place as a punishment.
  • intransitive verb. To connect (an electric circuit) to a ground.
  • intransitive verb. To run (a vessel) aground.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To hit (a ball) onto the ground.
  • intransitive verb. To throw (a ball) to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage.
  • intransitive verb. To touch or reach the ground.
  • intransitive verb. To hit a ground ball.
  • intransitive verb. To run aground.
  • phrasal verb. To be put out by hitting a ground ball that is fielded and thrown to first base.
  • idiom. (drive/run) To belabor (an issue or a subject).
  • idiom. (from the ground up) From the most basic level to the highest level; completely.
  • idiom. (off the ground) Under way, as if in flight.
  • idiom. (on (one's) own ground) In a situation where one has knowledge or competence.
  • idiom. (on the ground) At a place that is exciting, interesting, or important.
  • idiom. (to ground) Into a den or burrow.
  • idiom. (to ground) Into hiding.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To place on a foundation; found; establish firmly in position.
  • To settle or establish in any way, as on reason or principle; fix or settle firmly in existence or in thought.
  • To instruct thoroughly in elements or first principles.
  • To lay or set on or in the ground; bring to ground, or to rest on or as if on the ground.
  • Nautical, to run ashore or aground; cause to strike the ground: as, to ground a ship.
  • In electricity, to connect with the earth, as a conductor, so that the electricity can pass off to it.
  • To form a ground on or for; furnish with a ground or base. See ground, n., 10.
  • To run aground; strike the ground and remain fixed, as a ship.
  • Word Usage
    "It has everything above the ground, and everything under the groundÂ…."
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    Pound  Sound  abound  aground  around  
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    animals  aspect  basis  building  choice  
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    Brussels  grind  
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