ground

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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Old English grund, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥mtu-. Cognate with West Frisian grûn, Dutch grond and German Grund. Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian grundë (“brittle earth”) and gryej (“to erode, crumble”).

Noun [edit]

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.
    The worm crawls through the ground.
  4. (countable) The bottom of a body of water.
  5. Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
  6. Background, context, framework, surroundings.
    • 1922, Michael Arlen, chapter 1/1/2, “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[1]:
      House Prees and Bloods […] were everywhere to be seen in earnest colloquy. For the matter was, that there was some sort of night-prowler about the school grounds.
  7. (countable) A soccer stadium.
    Manchester United's ground is known as Old Trafford.
  8. (electricity, Canada and US) An electrical conductor connected to the ground.
  9. (electricity, Canada and US) A level of electrical potential used as a zero reference.
  10. (countable, cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; that part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground)
Synonyms [edit]
  • (electricity) earth (British)
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Terms derived from ground (noun)
Translations [edit]
surface of the Earth
soil, earth
bottom of a body of water
basis, foundation, groundwork
background, context, framework, surroundings
football field
electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
electrical point of zero potential
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Verb [edit]

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

  1. To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
  2. (transitive) To punish a child or teenager by forcing him/her to stay at home and/or take away certain privileges.
    Carla, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about your whereabouts yesterday.
    My kids are currently grounded from television.
  3. (transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
    Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.
  4. To gain a basic education (of a particular subject).
    Jim was grounded in maths.
  5. (baseball) to hit a ground ball; to hit a ground ball which results in an out. Compare fly (verb(regular)) and line (verb).
    Jones grounded to second in his last at-bat.
  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.
    The ship grounded on the bar.
Translations [edit]
to connect an electrical conductor
to require a child to remain at home
to forbid an aircraft or pilot to fly

Etymology 2 [edit]

Verb [edit]

ground

  1. simple past tense and past participle of grind
    I ground the coffee up nicely.

Adjective [edit]

ground (not comparable)

  1. Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
    ground mustard seed
  2. Processed by grinding.
    lenses of ground glass
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