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

This past year, Obama campaigned on the ground for the Democratic Party’s Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial candidates and spoke with Mamdani ahead of Election Day. —Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2025

In witness footage obtained by the Daily Mail, a male bystander — later identified as Ahmed al Ahmed by a family member, per 7 NEWS — can be seen wrestling the shooter to the ground, before grabbing the firearm and aiming it back at the gunmen. —Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025

Then Reedus pulled a handgun from his pants, shoved McKissic off the porch and fired at him multiple times, knocking him to the ground, according to the court documents. —Kansas City Star, 15 Dec. 2025

Among them is a man captured on video appearing to tackle and disarm one apparent assailant, before pointing the man’s weapon at him, then setting the gun on the ground. —Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for the ground

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