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Definition ground

Etymology 1

From Middle English grounde, from Old English grund, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?r?mtu-. Cognate with West Frisian gr�n, Dutch grond and German Grund. Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian grund� (�brittle earth�).

Noun

ground (countable and uncountable, plural grounds)

1. (uncountable) The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
2. (uncountable) Terrain.
3. (uncountable) Soil, earth.
4. (countable) The bottom of a body of water.
5. Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
6. Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
7. Background, context, framework, surroundings.
8. (historical) The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
9. (figuratively) Hence, by extension, advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
10. plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
11. In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
12. In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
13. 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.
14. (architecture, chiefly in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
15. (countable) A soccer stadium.
16. (electricity, Canada and US) An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
17. (countable, cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).
18. (music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
19. (music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
20. The pit of a theatre.

Verb

ground (third-person singular simple present grounds, present participle grounding, simple past and past participle grounded)

1. (US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
2. (transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing him/her to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
3. (transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
4. To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
5. (baseball) To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb(regular)) and line (verb).
6. (cricket) (of a batsman) to place his bat, or part of his body, on the ground behind the popping crease so as not to be run out
7. (intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
8. To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
9. (fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
10. To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.

Etymology 2

Inflected form of grind. See also milled.

Verb

ground

1. simple past tense and past participle of grind

Adjective

ground (not comparable)

1. Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
2. Processed by grinding.

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