grounds

1. 1

   (noun) the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"

2. 2

   (noun) your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"

3. 3

   (noun) a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"

4. 4

   (noun) a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)

5. 5

   (noun) dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue; "it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds"

syn. yard · curtilage · evidence · cause · reason

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