the ground

noun

: the surface of the earth

An apple fell to the ground.

The flight was watched by many observers on the ground.

Examples of the ground in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The victim immediately dropped his laundry basket and fell to the ground before the suspect rode the elevator down to the first-floor lobby, according to the complaint. —Wcco Staff, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026

The narrative begins shortly after September 11th, when Cukor finds himself among the first troops on the ground in Afghanistan. —Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026

Unlike RVs and larger ground tents that offer enough tall, voluminous sheltered space to encourage campers to spend time inside any time, day or night, smaller tents, whether pitched on the ground or atop the vehicle, lack this luxury. —New Atlas, 14 Apr. 2026

Adding Apple as a customer could be a coup for Leo, which has been slow to get its satellite constellation off the ground, and has lagged SpaceX’s Starlink unit in signing major partners such as airlines. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for the ground

• abound
• aground
• around
• astound
• background
• campground
• clothbound
• confound
• earthbound
• eastbound
• expound
• fairground