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ground
English
- 🔊 (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
- 🔊 a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
- 🔊 a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
- 🔊 a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)“they gained ground step by step”
- 🔊 the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
- 🔊 the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground“he posed her against a background of rolling hills”
- 🔊 a rational motive for a belief or action“the reason that war was declared”
- 🔊 material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)“the land had never been plowed”
- 🔊 the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface“they dug into the earth outside the church”
- 🔊 a relation that provides the foundation for something“they were on a friendly footing”
- 🔊 the solid part of the earth's surface“the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land”
- 🔊 instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
- 🔊 connect to a ground“ground the electrical connections for safety reasons”
- 🔊 hit onto the ground
- 🔊 hit a groundball“he grounded to the second baseman”
- 🔊 throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
- 🔊 place or put on the ground
- 🔊 confine or restrict to the ground“After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot”
- 🔊 hit or reach the ground
- 🔊 bring to the ground“the storm grounded the ship”
- 🔊 fix firmly and stably“anchor the lamppost in concrete”
- 🔊 cover with a primer
- 🔊 use as a basis for“base a claim on some observation”
Spanish
- 🔊 poner a tierra to ground
- 🔊 solar ground, land
- 🔊 hueste ground, finely powdered
- 🔊 fondo ground, basis, foundation
- 🔊 tierra ground, earth (connection electrically to the earth on equipment)
- 🔊 castigar to ground, gate (to punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges)