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ground

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

ground

noun

Definition of GROUND

grounds plthe area around and belonging to a building <an escorted tour of the White House and its surrounding grounds>
Synonyms demesne, park, premises (also premisses), yard
grounds plmatter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid <strain the coffee to remove the grounds>
Related Words lees; ooze, silt, sludge; dross, slag, waste
grounds plsomething (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing <your dislike of her tattoos would be insufficient grounds for firing her>
4
a small area of usually open land <I'll meet you at the parade ground in two hours>
Related Words common(s), croft [chiefly British]; grass, green, greensward, lawn; glade, grassland, heath, heathland, lea (or ley), meadow, moor, pasture, pastureland
5
an immaterial thing upon which something else rests <opposed to the notion that religious law should be used as a ground for civil law>
6
the loose surface material in which plants naturally grow <stuck the shovel in the ground and went inside for a glass of water>
Synonyms clod, earth, ground, mold, soil
7
the physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed <take her picture against a blue ground in order to bring out her blue eyes>
Synonyms backdrop, ground
8
the solid part of our planet's surface as distinguished from the sea and air <one of the Nordic creation myths states that the ground was formed by the body of the giant Ymir when he was killed by Odin and his brothers>