« Back Wiki Indexground (verb)ground ()blunt, blunted, dull, dulled, obtuseground (noun)
Synonyms:
pulverized, milled, crushed, shredded, granulated
Connected to earth or some conducting body that serves in place of the earth.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
ground (noun)1.
a) the bottom of a body of water
b)
(1) - sediment
(2) ground coffee beans after brewing
2.
a) a basis for belief, action, or argument - ground for complaint often used in plural sufficient grounds for divorce
b) (1) a fundamental logical condition
(2) a basic metaphysical cause
3.
a) a surrounding area - background
b) material that serves as a substratum
4.
a) the surface of the earth
b) an area used for a particular purpose - the parade ground fishing grounds
c) the area around and belonging to a house or other building
d) an area to be won or defended in or as if in battle
e) an area of knowledge or special interest - covered a lot of ground in his lecture
5.
a) - soil earth
b) a special soil
6.
a) an object that makes an electrical connection with the earth
b) a large conducting body (as the earth) used as a common return for an electric circuit and as an arbitrary zero of potential
c) electric connection with a ground
7.
a football offense utilizing primarily running plays
transitive verb
1.
a) to bring to or place on the ground
b) to cause to run aground
2.
a) to provide a reason or justification for - our fears about technological change may be well grounded L. K. Williams
b) to furnish with a foundation of knowledge - base an understanding … that is grounded in fact Michael Kimmelman
3.
to connect electrically with a ground
4.
a) to restrict to the ground - ground a pilot
b) to prohibit from taking part in some usual activities - grounded her for a week
5.
intransitive verb
to throw (a football) intentionally to the ground to avoid being tackled for a loss
1.
to have a ground or basis - rely
2.
to run aground
3.
to hit a - grounder grounded back to the pitcher
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
ground (adjective)having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something
SYNONYMS:
cutting, edged, edgy, ground, honed, keen, sharpened, stropped, trenchant, whettedRELATED WORDS:
clawlike, daggerlike, knifelike; jabbing, jagged, lacerating, piercing, scratching, stabbing; pointed, pointy, spiky ( spikey)NEAR ANTONYMS:
rounded, smooth; soft; even, flat, level, slickArray
ground (noun)the area around and belonging to a building
SYNONYMS:
demesne, park, premises ( premisses), yardRELATED WORDS:
acres, estate, land, lot, parcel, plot, property, real estate, realty; campus; backyard, churchyard, dooryard, schoolyard; close, enclosure ( inclosure), garden, garth, plazaArray
ground (noun)matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid
SYNONYMS:
deposition, dregs, grounds, precipitate, sediment, settlingsRELATED WORDS:
lees; ooze, silt, sludge; dross, slag, wasteArray
ground (noun)something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing
SYNONYMS:
account, authority, grounds, motive, subject, wherefore, whyRELATED WORDS:
antecedent, cause, consideration, impetus, incentive, inspiration, instigation, occasion, stimulus4.
a small area of usually open land
SYNONYMS:
clearing, ground, lot, parcel, plat, plot, tractRELATED WORDS:
common(s), croft []; grass, green, greensward, lawn; glade, grassland, heath, heathland, lea ( ley), meadow, moor, pasture, pastureland5.
an immaterial thing upon which something else rests
SYNONYMS:
basis, bedrock, bottom, cornerstone, footing, foundation, ground, groundwork, keystone, root, underpinning, warp, warp and woofRELATED WORDS:
anchorage, bed, brace, bulwark, buttress, framework, infrastructure, mount, prop, shore, stay, substratum, substructure, support; assumption, justification, premise ( premiss), presumption, presupposition, rationale, supposition, theory, thesis, warrant; backbone, center, core, cornerstone, eye, focus, heart, hub, kernel, keystone, nucleus, seat; essence, quintessence, soul, touchstone6.
the loose surface material in which plants naturally grow
SYNONYMS:
clod, earth, ground, mold, soilRELATED WORDS:
blackland, clay, gault [], gley, guck ( gook), gumbo, kaolin, muck, mud; dust, gravel, sand; humus, loam, topsoil; alluvium, colluvium, detritus, loess, marl, sediment, shingle, silt; duff, mull; subsoil, substratum7.
the physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed
SYNONYMS:
backdrop, groundRELATED WORDS:
mise-en-scène, scene, scenery, set, stage; entourage, environment, milieu, setting, surroundingsNEAR ANTONYMS:
foreground; center, focal point, focus, heart8.
the solid part of our planet's surface as distinguished from the sea and air
SYNONYMS:
dirt, dust, ground, land, soil, terra firmaRELATED WORDS:
continent, landmass, zone; island, isthmus, mainland, peninsulato find a basis
SYNONYMS:
ground, hang, predicate, restRELATED WORDS:
establish, found; assume, postulate, premise, presume, presuppose, suppose
Ground (Wiktionary)
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɡɹaʊnd/
- Rhymes: -aʊnd
Etymology 1
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.
Alternative forms
- GND (contraction used in electronics)
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