ground

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
2. (uncountable) Terrain.
3. (countable, uncountable) Soil, earth.
4. (countable) The bottom of a body of water.
5. (countable, uncountable) Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
6. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
7. (countable, uncountable) Background, context, framework, surroundings.
8. (countable, historical, uncountable) 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".
9. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
10. (countable, in-compounds, uncountable) A place suited to a specified activity.
11. (countable, uncountable) The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
12. (countable, uncountable) A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
13. (countable, uncountable) The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
14. (countable, uncountable) A gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
15. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
16. (UK, countable) A soccer stadium.
17. (countable, uncountable) An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
18. (Philippines, countable, uncountable) Electric shock.
19. (countable) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).
20. (countable, uncountable) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
21. (countable, uncountable) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
22. (countable, uncountable) The pit of a theatre.
23. (India, countable, obsolete, uncountable) Synonym of munny (“land measure”).

Verb

1. (US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
2. (Philippines) To electrocute.
3. (transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
4. (transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
5. To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
6. To place a bat or part of the body on the ground to avoid being run out.
7. To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).
8. To place something on the ground.
9. (intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
10. To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
11. To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
12. To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
13. To complement a machine learning model with relevant information it was not trained on.

Verb

simple past and past participle of grind

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
2. (not-comparable) Processed by grinding.

Συνώνυμα

earth

soil

land

base

dirt

basis

reason

foundation

cause

bottom

field

floor

terrain

pounded

found

occasion

area

sand

footing

crushed

run aground

pretext

bed

🛏️

establish

terra firma

strand

territory

world

🗺️

powdered

yard

country

region

pulverized

surface

priming

background

mashed

grounding

grounds

groundwork

undercoat

dust

plot

Earth

argument

excuse

milled

justify

train

🚋

educate

prime

shore

anchor

⚓

place

support

plain

motive

lawn

rubbed

dry land

rationale

solid ground

prove

teach

purpose

earth

domain

clay

origin

lees

substantiate

district

priming coat

lot

courtyard

mainland

fundus

center

object

beach

🏖️

mud

mounting

mount

site

centre

sphere

set up

plea

source

playground

underlay

plot of land

sole

earth’s surface

bedrock

turf

earthing

flat coat

premise

instruct

justification

primer

primer coat

sandy ground

reason why

call

polished

position

pound

💷

practice

precinct

premises

prepare

profess

proof

property

pros and cons

province

raceway

realm

relief

relievo

rent

rest

rilievo

rock bottom

root

sake

🍶

seat

💺

section

secure

sediment

set

setting

settle

sharpened

shipwreck

shoe

👞

sod

space

split

sports ground

start

starting-point

start up

stranding

stronghold

subgrade

subject

substrate

substratum

suit

surface of the earth

put to earth

torn

take the ground

tract

tread

triturated

tutor

underbelly

underlie

validate

valley

warrant

whetted

zone

bare earth

base on

building lot

de novo

earth surface

fertile land

fix firmly

G

G

ground-based

ground connection

ground wire

meat and potatoes

on the floor

piece of ground

piece of land

place down

undersoil

wise up

solid earth

ground surface

electrical earth

environment

geography

above-ground

terraneous

ground on

repose on

prime coating

fiield

firm land

ctushed

give reasons

territorial dominion

truck bed

fixing fillet

ground base

ground lead

item of estimate

bottom layer

give grounding

the earth

the whys and wherefores

tract of land

ground electrode

become smooth

basis,

phase to earth

cut through with teeth as mouse does

going aground

fixing slip

veel

groundmeat

playing field

account for

aim

allotment

arena

arguments

attitude

authority

beat

belly

belt

black pepper

brayed

broken

build on

build upon

burst

canvas

canvass

capsicum

carriage

causation

cayenne pepper

chassis

circuit

circumstantiate

coliseum

compass

🧭

confirm

considerations

constitute

context

continent

countryside

course

create

crust

demesne

deposit

discipline

document

dominion

down

dregs

drill

earth connection

earthen

embossment

exercise

expanse

explain away

extent

familiarize

fond

foot

🦶

foothold

founder

frame

fundament

glebe

globe

god

grass roots

guarantee

habitat

hard

home

🏠

incorporate

indoctrinate

inducement

inform

initiate

institute

landmass

land surface

launch

lay

learn

legitimize

loam

low

make out

matter

meadow

milked

minced

minced meat

mincemeat

mold

moss

motivate

mould

on foot

open space

organize

originate

parcel

parcel of land

patio

pedestal

pepper

pinched

plant

🌱

platform

account

plaza

Μεταφράσεις

terre

sol

tierra

suelo

Boden

Grund

Erde

terrain

grond

aarde

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ɡɹaʊnd/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: grounde

Κληρονομήθηκε από Παλαιά Αγγλικά: grund

Συγγενές με Δυτικά Φριζικά: grûn

Συγγενές με Ολλανδικά: grond

Συγγενές με Γερμανικά: Grund

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem-der.
Proto-Germanic *grunduz
Old English grund
Middle English ground
English ground
From Middle English ground, from Old English grund, from Proto-West Germanic *grundu, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz. Cognate with West Frisian grûn, Dutch grond and German Grund.

Προτάσεις

He reached over and picked up a shell from the ground .

Έφτασε και πήρε ένα κέλυφος από το έδαφος.

There is a person kneeling on the ground .

Υπάρχει ένα άτομο που γονατίζει στο έδαφος.

I have already described the appearance of that colossal bulk which was embedded in the ground .

Έχω ήδη περιγράψει την εμφάνιση αυτού του κολοσσιαίου όγκου που ενσωματώθηκε στο έδαφος.

The rainforests are depleted , we turned the planet into a waste ground .

Τα τροπικά δάση εξαντλούνται, μετατρέψαμε τον πλανήτη σε ένα έδαφος.

It is stemless , producing leaves and inflorescence at ground level from a taproot .

Είναι απεριόριστο, παράγει φύλλα και ταξιανθία στο επίπεδο του εδάφους από ένα taproot.