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- [ground]
- /graʊnd/
- /ɡraʊnd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ground]
- /graʊnd/
Definitions of ground word
- noun ground the act of grinding. 1
- noun ground a grinding sound. 1
- noun ground a grade of particle fineness into which a substance is ground: The coffee is available in various grinds for different coffee makers. 1
- noun ground laborious, usually uninteresting work: Copying all the footnotes was a grind. 1
- noun ground Informal. an excessively diligent student. 1
- noun ground Slang. a dance movement in which the hips are rotated in a suggestive or erotic manner. Compare bump (def 12). 1
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Origin of ground
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English grownd, grund, Old English grund; cognate with Dutch grond, German Grund; (verb) Middle English grundien, grownden “to set on a foundation, establish,” derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Ground
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ground popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
ground usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ground
verb ground
- found — simple past tense and past participle of find.
- prepare — to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery.
- coach — A coach is someone who trains a person or team of people in a particular sport.
- rest — a support for a lance; lance rest.
- instruct — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
noun ground
- earth — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- soil — the act or fact of soiling.
- field — Cyrus West, 1819–92, U.S. financier: projector of the first Atlantic cable.
- terra firma — firm or solid earth; dry land (as opposed to water or air).
- terrain — a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
adjective ground
- crushed — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- pulverized — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- milled — simple past tense and past participle of mill1 .
- pounded — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
Antonyms for ground
verb ground
- conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- unsettle — to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
noun ground
adjective ground
- volant — engaged in or having the power of flight.
- volitant — engaged in or having the power of flight.
- volar — pertaining to or used for flight.
- flying — making flight or passing through the air; that flies: a flying insect; an unidentified flying object.
- skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
Top questions with ground
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