Ground
31ground — I. /graʊnd / (say grownd) noun 1. the earth s solid surface; firm or dry land: fall to the ground. 2. earth or soil: stony ground. 3. land having a special character: rising ground. 4. (often plural) a tract of land occupied, or appropriated to a …
32ground — above·ground; chemi·ground·wood; ground; ground·age; ground·ber·ry; ground·ed·ly; ground·er; ground·less; ground·ling; ground·man; ground·nut; ground·sill; ground·ward; un·ground; back·ground·er; ground·sel; ground·less·ly; ground·less·ness;… …
33ground — See: BREAK GROUND, COMMON GROUND, COVER GROUND or COVER THE GROUND, CUT THE GROUND FROM UNDER, EAR TO THE GROUND, FEET ON THE GROUND, GAIN GROUND, GET OFF THE GROUND, GIVE GROUND, HAPPY HUNTING GROUND, HOLD ONE S GROUND, LOSE GROUND, MIDDLE… …
34ground — See: BREAK GROUND, COMMON GROUND, COVER GROUND or COVER THE GROUND, CUT THE GROUND FROM UNDER, EAR TO THE GROUND, FEET ON THE GROUND, GAIN GROUND, GET OFF THE GROUND, GIVE GROUND, HAPPY HUNTING GROUND, HOLD ONE S GROUND, LOSE GROUND, MIDDLE… …
35ground — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. earth, terra firma, soil; foundation, basis; cause, reason; viewpoint. See covering. v. base, establish; settle, fix; instruct. adj. pulverized, grated; whittled, sharpened, abraded. See land, support …
36ground — See: break ground, common ground, cover ground or cover the ground, cut the ground from under, ear to the ground, feet on the ground, gain ground, get off the ground, give ground, happy hunting ground, hold one s ground, lose ground, middle… …
37ground*/*/*/ — [graʊnd] noun I 1) [singular/U] the top part of the Earth s surface that people walk on People were sitting on the ground in small groups.[/ex] They were working 250 metres below ground.[/ex] 2) [singular] the layer of soil and rock that forms… …
38ground — ground1 noun 1》 the solid surface of the earth. ↘land of a specified kind: marshy ground. ↘an area of land or sea with a specified use: fishing grounds. ↘(grounds) an area of enclosed land surrounding a large building. ↘Brit. the… …
39ground — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grund; akin to Old High German grunt ground Date: before 12th century 1. a. the bottom of a body of water b. plural (1) sediment 1 (2) ground c …
40ground — {{11}}ground (adj.) reduced to fine particles by grinding, 1765, pp. adjective from GRIND (Cf. grind). {{12}}ground (n.) O.E. grund bottom, foundation, ground, surface of the earth, especially bottom of the sea (a sense preserved in run aground) …
