ground


Definition: Meaning of, ground in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ɡraʊnd /

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ground grounds
  1. earth [uncountable] the surface of the earth
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  2. earth [uncountable] the soil on and under the surface of the earth
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  3. area of land [uncountable] an area of land without buildings, fences, woods etc
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  4. area of land [countable] British English also grounds [plural] especially American English an area of land or sea that is used for a particular purpose
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  5. area of land grounds [plural] the land or gardens surrounding a large building
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  6. reason grounds [plural] a good reason for doing, believing, or saying something
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  7. subject [uncountable] a subject or area of knowledge
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  8. opinion [uncountable] a general opinion or set of attitudes
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  9. sport [countable] British English the place where a particular sport is played [↪  stadium]
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  10. hold/stand your ground to stay where you are when someone threatens you, in order to show them that you are not afraid
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  11. hold/stand your ground to refuse to change your mind about something, even though people are opposing you
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  12. get off the ground to start to be successful
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  13. gain ground to become more successful
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  14. gain ground if an idea, belief etc gains ground, more people start to accept it
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  15. gain ground to get closer to someone or something that you are competing with
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  16. lose ground to become less successful compared with someone or something you are competing with
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  17. breeding/fertile/proving ground a situation in which something develops quickly or successfully
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  18. burn/raze something to the ground to destroy a city, building etc completely by fire, bombs etc
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  19. work/drive/run yourself into the ground to work so hard that you become very tired or ill
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  20. on the ground in the place or situation where something important is happening, rather than somewhere else - used especially in news reports
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  21. stamping ground British English American English informal someone's stamping ground is an area where they are known or have a lot of influence
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  22. electrical [singular] American English a wire that connects a piece of electrical equipment to the ground for safety [=  earth British English]
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  23. grounds [plural] small pieces of solid material that sink to the bottom of a liquid
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  24. go to ground British English to make it hard for people to find you
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  25. run somebody/something to ground British English to succeed in finding someone or something after a long search
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  26. background [countable] technical the colour used as the background for a design
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ground grounded grounded
Present Participle Third Person Singular
grounding grounds
  1. aircraft [transitive usually passive] to stop an aircraft or pilot from flying
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  2. boat [intransitive and transitive] if you ground a boat or if it grounds, it hits the bottom of the sea so that it cannot move
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  3. be grounded in/on something to be based on something
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  4. child [transitive] informal to stop a child going out with their friends as a punishment for behaving badly
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  5. electricity [transitive] American English to make a piece of electrical equipment safe by connecting it to the ground with a wire [=  earth British English]
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  1. ground coffee or nuts have been broken up into powder or very small pieces, using a special machine
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  1. the past tense and past participle of GRIND 1
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ground used in phrases

  • Arctic ground squirrel (noun)
    1. large ground squirrel of the North American far north
  • Richardson ground squirrel (noun)
    1. of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada
  • air-to-ground (adjective)
    1. operating from or designed to be fired from aircraft at targets on the ground
  • air-to-ground missile (noun)
    1. a missile designed to be launched from an aeroplane at a target on the ground
  • anchorage ground (noun)
    1. place for vessels to anchor
  • barren ground caribou (noun)
    1. of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus
  • breeding ground (noun)
    1. a place or situation where something bad or harmful develops
    2. a place where animals go in order to breed
  • burial ground (noun)
    1. a tract of land used for burials
  • burying ground (noun)
    1. a tract of land used for burials
  • camping ground (noun)
    1. a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
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