grounds
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Definitions
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- : the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- : earth or soil: stony ground.
- : land having an indicated character: rising ground.
- : Often grounds . a tract of land appropriated to a special use: picnic grounds; a hunting ground.
- : Often grounds . the foundation or basis on which a belief or action rests; reason or cause: grounds for dismissal.
- : subject for discussion; topic: Sex education is forbidden ground in some school curricula.
- : rational or factual support for one's position or attitude, as in a debate or argument: on firm ground; on shaky ground.
- : the main surface or background in painting, decorative work, lace, etc.
- : Fine Arts. a coating of some substance serving as a surface for paint, ink, or other media in art: Lead white is a traditional ground for oil paintings.ground color.
- : the background in a visual field, contrasted with the figure.
- : Also called etching ground. an acid-resistant substance, composed of wax, gum, and resin in varying proportions, applied to the entire surface of an etching plate and through which the design is drawn with an etching needle.
Phrases
- ground floor, get in on the
- ground rules
- both feet on the ground
- break ground
- common ground
- cover ground
- cover the field (ground)
- cut the ground from under
- down to the ground
- ear to the ground
- from the ground up
- gain ground
- get off the ground
- give ground
- happy hunting ground
- hit the ground running
- lose ground
- on one's home ground
- run into the ground
- run to earth (ground)
- stamping ground
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
They do this, Rogers explains, by forcing coastal wetlands to store carbon below ground and within the living plants.
This is where the golden spike is driven—ground zero for a major course change in Earth history.
There are rovers tasked with understanding organics on the ground and looking for signs of life.
They focused on his feet positioning on sprints, having him start either on the ground or with his two feet on a line, as opposed to a natural sprinting position with one foot in front of the other.
Hoist the bag up until the cache hangs at least 12 feet off the ground and five feet below the branch.
But for me, this admittance of uncertainty and doubts grounds Serial in reality.
By 27 September, there were 1,400 people in the grounds of the embassy, creating a small humanitarian crisis.
Though this might easily have been grounds for dismissal or reassignment, nothing of the sort happened.
“They cannot go to the European Court because they have no grounds,” she says.
Green-Wood has its own catacombs, which grounds keepers will unlock for tour groups.
The tea was all laid on tables in the garden, and the sausages were cooking over a fire made on the grounds.
He has taken down its fences, and "boulevarded" its grounds till it merges into those of his neighbors.