English dictionary
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English noun: ground | |||
| 1. | ground (object) the solid part of the earth's surface | ||
| Samples | The plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land. The earth shook for several minutes. He dropped the logs on the ground. | ||
| Synonyms | dry land, earth, land, solid ground, terra firma | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | object, physical object | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | archipelago, beachfront, cape, champaign, coastal plain, field, floor, foreland, forest, island, isthmus, land mass, landmass, mainland, neck, ness, oxbow, peninsula, plain, slash, timber, timberland, wonderland, woodland | ||
| Instance hyponym | America | ||
| Part meronym | Earth, globe, world | ||
| 2. | ground (motive) a rational motive for a belief or action | ||
| Samples | The reason that war was declared. The grounds for their declaration. | ||
| Synonyms | reason | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rational motive | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | account, occasion, score, wherefore, why | ||
| 3. | ground (substance) the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface | ||
| Samples | They dug into the earth outside the church. | ||
| Synonyms | earth | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | material, stuff | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | diatomaceous earth, diatomite, dirt, kieselguhr, moraine, saprolite, soil | ||
| 4. | ground a relation that provides the foundation for something | ||
| Samples | They were on a friendly footing. He worked on an interim basis. | ||
| Synonyms | basis, footing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | foundation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | common ground | ||
| 5. | ground (location) a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle) | ||
| Samples | They gained ground step by step. They fought to regain the lost ground. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | military position, position | ||
| 6. | ground (cognition) the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground | ||
| Samples | He posed her against a background of rolling hills. | ||
| Synonyms | background | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aspect, panorama, prospect, scene, view, vista | ||
| 7. | ground (object) material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) | ||
| Samples | The land had never been plowed. Good agricultural soil. | ||
| Synonyms | land, soil | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | object, physical object | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | badlands, bottom, bottomland, coastland, cultivated land, farmland, greensward, overburden, permafrost, ploughland, plowland, polder, rangeland, scablands, sod, sward, tillage, tilled land, tilth, turf, wetland | ||
| 8. | ground (cognition) a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | percept, perception, perceptual experience | ||
| Antonyms | figure | ||
| 9. | ground (artifact) a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) | ||
| Synonyms | earth | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion | ||
| Domain category | electricity | ||
| 10. | ground (artifact) (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | surface | ||
| Domain category | art, artistic creation, artistic production | ||
| 11. | ground (artifact) the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface | ||
| Synonyms | flat coat, primer, primer coat, priming, priming coat, undercoat | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | coat of paint | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | couch | ||
English verb: ground | |||
| 1. | ground (contact) fix firmly and stably | ||
| Samples | Anchor the lamppost in concrete. | ||
| Synonyms | anchor | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fasten, fix, secure | ||
| 2. | ground (contact) confine or restrict to the ground | ||
| Samples | After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | confine, hold, restrain | ||
| 3. | ground (contact) place or put on the ground | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lay, place, pose, position, put, set | ||
| 4. | ground (communication) instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | instruct, learn, teach | ||
| 5. | ground (motion) bring to the ground | ||
| Samples | The storm grounded the ship. | ||
| Synonyms | run aground, strand | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | land | ||
| Cause | ground, run aground | ||
| 6. | ground (motion) hit or reach the ground | ||
| Synonyms | run aground | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make, reach | ||
| 7. | ground (contact) throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | throw | ||
| Verb group | ground | ||
| Domain category | football, football game | ||
| 8. | ground (contact) hit a groundball | ||
| Samples | He grounded to the second baseman. | ||
| Pattern of use | It is ----ing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hit | ||
| Verb group | ground | ||
| Domain category | baseball, baseball game | ||
| 9. | ground (contact) hit onto the ground | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hit | ||
| Verb group | ground, ground | ||
| Domain category | baseball, baseball game | ||
| 10. | ground (contact) cover with a primer; apply a primer to | ||
| Examples | They want to ground the doors | ||
| Synonyms | prime, undercoat | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | paint | ||
| 11. | ground (contact) connect to a ground | ||
| Samples | Ground the electrical connections for safety reasons. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | connect, link, link up, tie | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | earth | ||
| 12. | ground (cognition) use as a basis for; found on | ||
| Samples | Base a claim on some observation. | ||
| Synonyms | base, establish, found | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | build | ||
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