ground

Meaning

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”)

earth

soil

solid ground

priming coat

plot of land

earth’s surface

flat coat

primer coat

sandy ground

reason why

starting-point

surface of the earth

put to earth

take the ground

bare earth

building lot

earth surface

fertile land

fix firmly

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

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

groundmeat

earth connection

land surface

minced meat

open space

parcel of land

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹaʊnd/

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

Cognate with Western Frisian

grûn

Cognate with Dutch

grond

Cognate with German

Grund

New

grind

1. To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
2. To shape with the force of friction.
3. To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
4. To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
5. To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
6. To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
7. To oppress, hold down or weaken.
8. (slang) To rotate the hips erotically.
9. (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
10. To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
11. To operate by turning a crank.
12. To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
13. To automatically format and indent code.
14. (slang) To eat.
15. To instill through repetitive teaching.
16. (slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
17. (slang) To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.

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