Sekirov Dictionary

ground

/ɡɹaʊnd/

noun 23
verb 13
adjective 2
forms 4
phrases 20

noun23

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the surface of the earth that people stand and walk on
- Look, I found a ten dollar bill on the ground!
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Terrain.
- As the terrain-following radar scans the ground ahead of the aircraft the actual clearance height is measured by the radio altimeter. — 1971
The bottom of a body of water.
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[in the plural] Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
- You will need to show good grounds for your action.
- He could not come on grounds of health, or on health grounds.
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[in compounds] A place suited to a specified activity.
- a forest traditionally used as a hunting-ground
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(UK) A soccer stadium.
- Manchester United's ground is known as Old Trafford.
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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Soil, earth.
- The worm crawls through the ground.
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".
(figurative) Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
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Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
- Wyth cry unreverent, Before the sacrament, Wythin the holy church bowndis, That of our fayth the grownd is. — 1503
Background, context, framework, surroundings.
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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The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
- crimson flowers on a white 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.
- 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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[in the plural] One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
- Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them.
A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
The pit of a theatre.
(Philippines) Electric shock.
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(India, no longer used) Synonym of munny (“land measure”).
- 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. — 1885

verb13

To place a bat or part of the body on the ground to avoid being run out.
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To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
- 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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To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
- Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.
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To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
- Jim was grounded in maths.
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To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
- being rooted and grounded in love — 1611
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To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
- I ground myself with meditation.
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To complement a machine learning model with relevant information it was not trained on.
- 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. — 2023
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(US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
- 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. — 2023
To place something on the ground.
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To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).
- 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. — 2019
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To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
- The ship grounded on the bar.
(Philippines) To electrocute.
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.

adjective2

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Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
- ground mustard seed
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Processed by grinding.
- lenses of ground glass

forms

grounded · grounding · grounds · groundest

Phrases with ground

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