grounds

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹaʊndz/

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• Hyphenation: grounds

Etymology 1

Noun

grounds

1. plural of ground

Verb

grounds

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ground

Etymology 2

From ground (“basis, surroundings”)

Noun

grounds (plural grounds)

1. (law) Basis or justification for something.

   grounds for divorce

2. The collective land areas that compose a larger area.

   the castle grounds

Derived terms

• groundskeeper
• stomping grounds

Translations

basis of an action

• Maori: papa, rawa
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• Spanish: causal (es) m or f

area of land

• Dutch: terrein (nl), omgeving (nl)
• Finnish: tilus (fi)
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• Maori: papawhenua

Etymology 3

From ground, past participle of to grind

Noun

1. The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.

   coffee grounds

Translations

sediment at the bottom of a liquid

• Catalan: marro (ca) m
• French: marc (fr) m
• Galician: borra (gl) f
• German: Satz (de) m
• Greek: κατακάθι (el) n (katakáthi)
• Hungarian: üledék (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: dríodar caife m (coffee)
• Navajo: bitłʼááshjání
• Polish: osad (pl) m, (of a coffee or tea) fusy (pl) pl
• Spanish: concho (es) m, poso (es) m, hez (es) f
• Welsh: gwaddod m

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