Ground | Meaning of ground

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ground (noun)
The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.

ground (noun)
Terrain.

ground (noun)
Soil, earth.
The worm crawls through the ground.
The fox escaped from the hounds by going to ground.

ground (noun)
The bottom of a body of water.

ground (noun)
Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.

ground (noun)
Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
You will need to show good grounds for your action.
He could not come on grounds of health, or on health grounds.

ground (noun)
Background, context, framework, surroundings.

ground (noun)
Plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
Crimson flowers on a white ground.

ground (noun)
In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.

ground (noun)
In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
Brussels ground.

ground (noun)
In etching, 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.

ground (noun)
A soccer stadium.
Manchester United's ground is known as Old Trafford.

ground (noun)
The pit of a theatre.

ground (verb)
To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing him/her to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
If you don't clean your room, I'll have no choice but to ground you.
Eric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night!
My kids are currently grounded from television.

ground (verb)
To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.

ground (verb)
To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
Jim was grounded in maths.

ground (verb)
To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
The ship grounded on the bar.

ground (verb)
To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.

ground (verb)
To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
I ground myself with meditation.

ground (verb)
Simple past tense and past participle of grind.
I ground the coffee up nicely.

ground (adjective)
Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
Ground mustard seed.

ground (adjective)
Processed by grinding.
Lenses of ground glass.

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January 24, 2019

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