Dictionnaire
ground
Signification
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- The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
- Terrain.
- Soil, earth.
- The bottom of a body of water.
- Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
- Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
- Background, context, framework, surroundings.
- 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".
- Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
- A place suited to a specified activity.
- The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
- A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
- The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
- 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.
- One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
- A soccer stadium.
- An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
- Electric shock.
- 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).
- A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
- The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
- The pit of a theatre.
- (obsolete) Synonym of munny (“land measure”)
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ɡɹaʊnd/
grind
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- To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
- To shape with the force of friction.
- To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
- To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
- To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
- To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
- To oppress, hold down or weaken.
- (slang) To rotate the hips erotically.
- (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
- To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
- To operate by turning a crank.
- To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
- To automatically format and indent code.
- (slang) To eat.
- To instill through repetitive teaching.
- (slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
- (slang) To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
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