ground

1. 1

   The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.countableuncountable

   • Look, I found a ten dollar bill on the ground!
2. 2

   Terrain.uncountable

   • As the terrain-following radar scans the ground ahead of the aircraft the actual clearance height is measured by the radio altimeter.
3. 3

   Soil, earth.countableuncountable

   • The worm crawls through the ground.
4. 4

   The bottom of a body of water.countable

5. 5

   Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.countableuncountable

   • Wyth cry unreverent, Before the sacrament, Wythin the holy church bowndis, That of our fayth the grownd is.
   • [B]e the consequences what they may, they shall not move an inch, nor a hair's-breadth from the ground of their groundless spiritual independence, […]
6. 6

   Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.countablein-pluraluncountable

   • You will need to show good grounds for your action.
   • He could not come on grounds of health, or on health grounds.
7. 7

   Background, context, framework, surroundings.countableuncountable

8. 8

   The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".countablehistoricaluncountable

9. 9

   Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.broadlycountablefiguratively

10. 10

    A place suited to a specified activity.countablein-compoundsuncountable

    • a forest traditionally used as a hunting-ground

syn. earth

1. 1

   To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.UStransitive

   • These geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) can become a hazard when they flow through conducting infrastructure, usually entering and exiting networks where equipment is grounded to Earth.
2. 2

   To electrocute.Philippinestransitive

3. 3

   To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.transitive

   • If you don't clean your room, I'll have no choice but to ground you.
   • Eric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night!
4. 4

   To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.transitive

   • Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.
5. 5

   To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.transitive

   • Jim was grounded in maths.
6. 6

   To place a bat or part of the body on the ground to avoid being run out.

7. 7

   To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).

   • The Twins scored three times in the eighth to make it 9-4 and loaded the bases with no outs. Jeurys Familia got Willians Astudillo to ground into a double play, limiting the damage.
8. 8

   To place something on the ground.transitive

9. 9

   To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.intransitive

   • The ship grounded on the bar.
10. 10

    To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.

    • being rooted and grounded in love
    • So far from warranting any inference to the existence of a God, would, on the contrary, ground even an argument to his negation.

1. 1

   simple past and past participle of grindform-ofparticiplepast

   • I ground the coffee up nicely.

1. 1

   Crushed, or reduced to small particles.not-comparable

   • ground mustard seed
2. 2

   Processed by grinding.not-comparable

   • lenses of ground glass
   • An advantage of such a finishing tool is that, after the machining, the workpiece has high surface quality. The surface which is produced appears finely ground to polished by means of this procedure.