Pronunciations (2)
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/ɡɹaʊnd/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ɡɹʊnd/
Pronunciation notes
- Northumbria
Noun
The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
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- Uncountable
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Look, I found a ten dollar bill on the ground!
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If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.
Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts.
Terrain.
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As the terrain-following radar scans the ground ahead of the aircraft the actual clearance height is measured by the radio altimeter.
Soil, earth.
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The worm crawls through the ground.
The bottom of a body of water.
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Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
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- Uncountable
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Wyth cry unreverent, Before the sacrament, Wythin the holy church bowndis, That of our fayth the grownd is.
[B]e the consequences what they may, they shall not move an inch, nor a hair's-breadth from the ground of their groundless spiritual independence, […]
Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
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- in-plural
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You will need to show good grounds for your action.
He could not come on grounds of health, or on health grounds.
Background, context, framework, surroundings.
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- Uncountable
The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
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- Historical
- Uncountable
Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
Usage- broadly
- Countable
- Figurative
- Uncountable
A place suited to a specified activity.
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a forest traditionally used as a hunting-ground
I gather from your last answer that at the present time the constabulary, to a certain extent, is good recruiting ground for the army?
The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
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crimson flowers on a white ground
[…] to pad a piece in diluted acetate of alumine to obtain a pale lemon ground […]
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One and All is the motto of the County of Cornwall, used below the coat-of-arms, which is a shield embracing fifteen bezants, or golden roundels, on a black ground; [...].
A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
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The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
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Brussels ground
A gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
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One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
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- in-plural
- Uncountable
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Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them.
A soccer stadium.
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Manchester United's ground is known as Old Trafford.
An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
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А ground may be undesirable, inadvertent, or accidental path taken by an electrical current; or it may be the deliberate provision of conductors well connected to the ground by means of plates buried therein, or similar device.
Electric shock.
Usage- Philippines
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- Uncountable
The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).
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A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
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The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
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Buck[ingham] The Mayor is here at hand; pretend ſome fear, // Be not you ſpoke with, but by mighty ſuit; // And look you get a prayer-book in your hand, // And ſtand between two churchmen, good my lord, // For on that ground I’ll build a holy deſcant: // And be not eaſily won to our requeſts: // Play the maid’s part, ſtill anſwer nay, and take it.
The pit of a theatre.
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- Uncountable
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the understanding gentlemen o' the ground here ask'd my judgment
Synonym of munny (“land measure”).
Usage- India
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- Obsolete
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It is sub-divided into annas (or 16ths), of 3,600 square feet each; or when the land is for building purposes, into grounds (munnies) of 1/24 of a cawny each, as in the town of Madras.
Verb
To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
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These geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) can become a hazard when they flow through conducting infrastructure, usually entering and exiting networks where equipment is grounded to Earth.
To electrocute.
Usage- Philippines
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To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
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If you don't clean your room, I'll have no choice but to ground you.
Eric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night!
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My kids are currently grounded from television.
To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
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Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.
To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
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Jim was grounded in maths.
To place a bat or part of the body on the ground to avoid being run out.
To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).
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[Ichiro Suzuki] went 0 for 4, popping out in foul territory, grounding out to second, and striking out looking. And then, in the top of the eighth inning with a runner on second, the “True Hit King” grounded out to short, just barely failing to beat it out.
The Twins scored three times in the eighth to make it 9-4 and loaded the bases with no outs. Jeurys Familia got Willians Astudillo to ground into a double play, limiting the damage.
To place something on the ground.
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To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
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The ship grounded on the bar.
To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
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being rooted and grounded in love
So far from warranting any inference to the existence of a God, would, on the contrary, ground even an argument to his negation.
To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
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I ground myself with meditation.
To complement a machine learning model with relevant information it was not trained on.
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We design WikiChat (Figure 1) to ground LLMs using Wikipedia to achieve the following objectives. While LLMs tend to hallucinate, our chatbot should be factual.
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But the technology has evolved rapidly over the past year or so. Today’s systems can incorporate real-time search and use increasingly sophisticated methods for “grounding”—connecting AI outputs to specific, verifiable knowledge and sourced analysis.
Adjective
Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
Usage- not-comparable
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ground mustard seed
Alike, joy and sorrow, hope and fear, seemed ground to finest dust, and powdered, for the time, in the clamped mortar of Ahab's iron soul.
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The intestinal contents of F. Stellifer seem finely ground in comparison to those of F. catenatus, probably as a result of chewing with the stout pharyngeal molars.
Powder mixing and grinding are complete when the powder is homogenous and grey-black in color, appears finely ground, and feels smooth.
Processed by grinding.
Usage- not-comparable
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lenses of ground glass
the traces of wear have the appearance of dull patches that look ground.
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The axial perforation, the handle socket and the quern base are all rough and do not appear ground or polished
An advantage of such a finishing tool is that, after the machining, the workpiece has high surface quality. The surface which is produced appears finely ground to polished by means of this procedure.
Noun
the solid part of the earth's surface
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the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land
the earth shook for several minutes
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he dropped the logs on the ground
a rational motive for a belief or action
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the reason that war was declared
the grounds for their declaration
the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
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they dug into the earth outside the church
a relation that provides the foundation for something
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they were on a friendly footing
he worked on an interim basis
a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)
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they gained ground step by step
they fought to regain the lost ground
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
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he posed her against a background of rolling hills
material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
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the land had never been plowed
good agricultural soil
a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
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a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
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(art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
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the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
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Verb
fix firmly and stably
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anchor the lamppost in concrete
confine or restrict to the ground
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After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot
place or put on the ground
instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
bring to the ground
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the storm grounded the ship
hit or reach the ground
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throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
(baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field.
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he grounded to the second baseman
he hit a groundball
cover with a primer; apply a primer to
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connect to a ground
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ground the electrical connections for safety reasons
use as a basis for; found on
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base a claim on some observation