Ground

/ɡɹaʊnd/ · noun

Meaning

The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground..

Definitions by Sense

1. The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
2. (uncountable) Terrain.
3. Soil, earth.
4. (countable) The bottom of a body of water.
5. Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
6. (chiefly in the plural) Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
7. Background, context, framework, surroundings.
8. (historical) 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".

Example Sentences

Look, I found a ten dollar bill on the ground!

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.

As the terrain-following radar scans the ground ahead of the aircraft the actual clearance height is measured by the radio altimeter.

The worm crawls through the ground.

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, […]

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• grounds
• GND
• grounding
• grounded

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