ground
Pronunciation
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change- (uncountable) The ground is what you stand or sit on when you are outside.
- I ran out of the house and fell on the ground.
- (uncountable) Ground is terrain; it is the land.
- (uncountable) Ground is earth or soil.
- (countable) A ground is the bottom of a body of water.
- (uncountable) The ground for something is the basis or foundation of it.
- (countable) The ground for something is the background or context of it.
- (sports), (countable) A ground is a soccer stadium.
Related words
changeVerb 1
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- (transitive) If you ground a pilot of an airplane, you stop them from flying.
- The plane had been grounded because of the blizzard.
- (transitive) If you ground a circuit of electricity, you connect it with a ground.
- (transitive) If you ground a child, you take away their privileges, like the phone and the television, and not allow them to go out, usually as a punishment.
Verb 2
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- The past tense and past participle of grind.
Adjective
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- If something is ground, it is crushed into small particles.
- If something is ground, it has been prepared through grinding.