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GROUND

Definition:

1. [noun] the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"
   Synonyms: land, dry land, earth, solid terra firma
   
   
2. [noun] a rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration"
   Synonyms: reason
   
   
3. [noun] the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface; "they dug into the earth outside the church"
   Synonyms: earth
   
   
4. [noun] a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"
   Synonyms: footing, basis
   
   
5. [noun] a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle); "they gained ground step by step"; "they fought to regain the lost ground"
   
   
6. [noun] the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
   Synonyms: back
   
   
7. [noun] material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"
   Synonyms: land, soil
   
   
8. [noun] a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
   
   
9. [noun] a connection between an electrical device and the earth (which is a zero voltage)
   Synonyms: earth
   
   
10. [noun] (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
    
    
11. [noun] the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
    Synonyms: flat coat, primer, priming, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat
    
    
12. [verb] fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete"
    Synonyms: anchor
    
    
13. [verb] confine or restrict to the ground; "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot"
    
    
14. [verb] place or put on the ground
    
    
15. [verb] instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
    
    
16. [verb] bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship"
    Synonyms: run a
    
    
17. [verb] hit or reach the ground
    Synonyms: run a
    
    
18. [verb] throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
    
    
19. [verb] hit a groundball; "he grounded to the second baseman"
    
    
20. [verb] hit onto the ground
    
    
21. [verb] cover with a primer; apply a primer to
    Synonyms: prime, undercoat
    
    
22. [verb] connect to a ground; "ground the electrical connections for safety reasons"
    
    
23. [verb] use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"
    Synonyms: establish, base, found
    
    
24. [adjective] broken or pounded into small fragments; used of e.g. ore or stone; "paved with crushed bluestone"; "ground glass is used as an abrasive"
    Synonyms: crushed
    
    

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Related Words:

• earth
• build
• America, the Americas
• archipelago
• beachfront
• cape, ness
• coastal plain
• floor
• foreland
• forest, woodland, timberland, timber
• hills
• island
• isthmus
• landmass
• mainland
• neck
• oxbow
• peninsula
• plain, field, champaign
• slash
• wonderland
• occasion
• score, account
• why, wherefore
• moraine
• diatomaceous earth, diatomite, kieselguhr
• saprolite
• soil, dirt
• common ground
• badlands
• bottomland, bottom
• coastland
• cultivated land, farmland, plowland, ploughland, tilled land, tillage, tilth
• overburden
• permafrost
• rangeland
• turf, sod, sward, greensward
• wetland
• couch

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