ground

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
2. Terrain.
3. Soil, earth.
4. The bottom of a body of water.
5. Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
6. Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
7. Background, context, framework, surroundings.
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".
9. Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
10. A place suited to a specified activity.
11. The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
12. A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
13. The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
14. 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. One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
16. A soccer stadium.
17. An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
18. Electric shock.
19. 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. A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
21. The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
22. The pit of a theatre.
23. (obsolete) Synonym of munny (“land measure”)

Verb

1. To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
2. To electrocute.
3. To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
4. 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 hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).
7. To place something on the ground.
8. To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
9. To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
10. 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.
11. To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
12. To complement a machine learning model with relevant information it was not trained on.

Verb

simple past and past participle of grind

Adj

1. Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
2. Processed by grinding.

Concepts

terre

sol

terrain

fond

masse

fonder

base

moulu

territoire

échouer

raison

baser

mettre à la terre

champ

surface de la terre

fondement

cause

motif

surface

motiver

terre ferme

empêcher de voler

interdire de vol

mettre une prise de terre à

raison fondamental

retenir au sol

poudre

poussière

plaine

s’échouer

écrasé

pays

viande hachée

fonder|fondre

établir

ancrer

ancre

nombre premier

sous-couche

lieu

prétexte

haché

fondation

terrain de football

clouer au sol

gronder

punir

dieu

justifier

terreux

chaussée

pré

parcelle

région

relief

minuit

poivre

plancher

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡɹaʊnd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English grounde, from Old English grund, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz. Cognate with West Frisian grûn, Dutch grond and German Grund.

Phrases

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

J'ai déjà décrit l'apparence de ce volume colossal qui était ancré dans le sol.

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

Il est sans tige, produisant des feuilles et une inflorescence au niveau du sol à partir d'une racine de tapoot.