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Noun

S: (n) land (land%1:17:00::), dry land (dry_land%1:17:00::), earth (earth%1:17:01::), ground (ground%1:17:00::), solid ground (solid_ground%1:17:00::), terra firma (terra_firma%1:17:00::) (the solid part of the earth's surface) "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"
S: (n) reason (reason%1:16:00::), ground (ground%1:16:00::) (a rational motive for a belief or action) "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration"
S: (n) earth (earth%1:27:00::), ground (ground%1:27:00::) (the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface) "they dug into the earth outside the church"
S: (n) footing (footing%1:24:00::), basis (basis%1:24:00::), ground (ground%1:24:00::) (a relation that provides the foundation for something) "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"
S: (n) ground (ground%1:15:00::) (a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)) "they gained ground step by step"; "they fought to regain the lost ground"
S: (n) background (background%1:09:00::), ground (ground%1:09:00::) (the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground) "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
S: (n) land (land%1:17:01::), ground (ground%1:17:01::), soil (soil%1:17:00::) (material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)) "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"
S: (n) ground (ground%1:09:01::) (a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused)
S: (n) ground (ground%1:06:02::), earth (earth%1:06:00::) (a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage))
S: (n) ground (ground%1:06:01::) ((art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting)
S: (n) flat coat (flat_coat%1:06:00::), ground (ground%1:06:00::), primer (primer%1:06:01::), priming (priming%1:06:01::), primer coat (primer_coat%1:06:00::), priming coat (priming_coat%1:06:00::), undercoat (undercoat%1:06:01::) (the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface)
S: (n) evidence (evidence%1:09:00::), grounds (grounds%1:09:00::) (your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief) "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"
S: (n) yard (yard%1:06:02::), grounds (grounds%1:06:00::), curtilage (curtilage%1:06:00::) (the enclosed land around a house or other building) "it was a small house with almost no yard"
S: (n) grounds (grounds%1:15:00::) (a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.))
S: (n) cause (cause%1:10:00::), reason (reason%1:10:00::), grounds (grounds%1:10:00::) (a justification for something existing or happening) "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"
S: (n) grounds (grounds%1:17:00::) (dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue) "it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds"

Verb

S: (v) anchor (anchor%2:35:01::), ground (ground%2:35:08::) (fix firmly and stably) "anchor the lamppost in concrete"
S: (v) ground (ground%2:35:01::) (confine or restrict to the ground) "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot"
S: (v) ground (ground%2:35:00::) (place or put on the ground)
S: (v) ground (ground%2:32:00::) (instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject)
S: (v) ground (ground%2:38:01::), strand (strand%2:38:02::), run aground (run_aground%2:38:01::) (bring to the ground) "the storm grounded the ship"
S: (v) ground (ground%2:38:00::), run aground (run_aground%2:38:03::) (hit or reach the ground)
S: (v) ground (ground%2:35:12::) (throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage)
S: (v) ground (ground%2:35:11::) (hit a groundball) "he grounded to the second baseman"
S: (v) ground (ground%2:35:10::) (hit onto the ground)
S: (v) prime (prime%2:35:00::), ground (ground%2:35:03::), undercoat (undercoat%2:35:00::) (cover with a primer; apply a primer to)
S: (v) ground (ground%2:35:02::) (connect to a ground) "ground the electrical connections for safety reasons"
S: (v) establish (establish%2:31:03::), base (base%2:31:00::), ground (ground%2:31:00::), found (found%2:31:00::) (use as a basis for; found on) "base a claim on some observation"