The definition to the word ground

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb ground in English.

Ground

Ground may refer to: ▪ The Earth’s surface ▪ Soil, a mixture of clay, sand and organic matter present on the surface of the Earth and serving as substrate for plant growth and micro-organisms development ▪ Ground, in electrical engineering, something that is connected to the Earth or at the voltage defined as zero: ▪ Earthing system ▪ Ground ▪ Ground and neutral ▪ Ground, in law, a rational motive, basis for a belief or conviction, for an action taken, such as a legal action or argument; reason or cause: ▪ Grounds for divorce ▪ Grounds for dismissal ▪ Common ground, in communication, people sharing some common understanding ▪ Coffee grounds, ground coffee beans ▪ Socially grounded argument—in philosophy, arguments that take social conditions as their starting point ▪ Ground bass, in music, a bass part that continually repeats, while the melody and harmony over it change ▪ Ground tissue, one of the three types of tissue systems in a plant…

Present

I ground

you ground

he/she/it grounds

we ground

you ground

they ground

Present continuous

I am grounding

you are grounding

he/she/it is grounding

we are grounding

you are grounding

they are grounding

Present perfect

I have grounded

you have grounded

he/she/it has grounded

we have grounded

you have grounded

they have grounded

Present perfect continuous

I have been grounding

you have been grounding

he/she/it has been grounding

we have been grounding

you have been grounding

they have been grounding

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

Past

I grounded

you grounded

he/she/it grounded

we grounded

you grounded

they grounded

Past continuous

I was grounding

you were grounding

he/she/it was grounding

we were grounding

you were grounding

they were grounding

Past perfect

I had grounded

you had grounded

he/she/it had grounded

we had grounded

you had grounded

they had grounded

Past perfect continuous

I had been grounding

you had been grounding

he/she/it had been grounding

we had been grounding

you had been grounding

they had been grounding

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

Future

I will ground

you will ground

he/she/it will ground

we will ground

you will ground

they will ground

Future continuous

I will be grounding

you will be grounding

he/she/it will be grounding

we will be grounding

you will be grounding

they will be grounding

Future perfect

I will have grounded

you will have grounded

he/she/it will have grounded

we will have grounded

you will have grounded

they will have grounded

Future perfect continuous

I will have been grounding

you will have been grounding

he/she/it will have been grounding

we will have been grounding

you will have been grounding

they will have been grounding

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

Conditional

I would ground

you would ground

he/she/it would ground

we would ground

you would ground

they would ground

Conditional continuous

I would be grounding

you would be grounding

he/she/it would be grounding

we would be grounding

you would be grounding

they would be grounding

Conditional perfect

I would have ground

you would have ground

he/she/it would have ground

we would have ground

you would have ground

they would have ground

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been grounding

you would have been grounding

he/she/it would have been grounding

we would have been grounding

you would have been grounding

they would have been grounding

Conditional or «future-in-the-past» tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

Imperative

you ground
we let´s ground
you ground

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

Present Participle

grounding

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

The translations of ground from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ground» in English.

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No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.

To get involved with a cause, you really have to become aware of it. You have to go on the ground and see with your own eyes, the people who have been affected by it, their process in how they’re combating it, and what the organization represents.

Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope. The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground.

The poor monkey, quietly seated on the ground, seemed to be in sore trouble at this display of anger.

What I look for in a script is something that challenges me, something that breaks new ground, something that allows me to flex my director muscle. You have got to think fast in this business, you’ve got to keep reinventing yourself to stay on top.

I choose material instinctually — at the heart of it are characters that I feel are fresh and original, and allow for an opportunity to, I suppose, explore uncharted ground.

In this case, the particle formed has correspondingly less energy, whereas the product nucleus passes into the ground state with emission of the quantity of energy saved as gamma radiation.

I’m an absolute connoisseur of cheeseburgers and like to think that I can detect even mere percentages of shift in fat content in ground meat in a burger and can actually name the temperature to which it was actually cooked to the degree if I’m, you know, really on my game.

In this first testing ground of the atomic bomb I have seen the most terrible and frightening desolation in four years of war. It makes a blitzed Pacific island seem like an Eden. The damage is far greater than photographs can show.

I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers… clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun.

1

Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial …

In this stirring book, Nadia Abu El-Haj addresses these questions and specifies for the first time the relationship between national ideology, colonial settlement, and the production of historical knowledge.

2

A Guide to Ground Leases: (with Forms and Checklists)

This book addresses all the terms and issues that arise in negotiating a ground lease in a way that meets the landlord’s expectations and prevents unwelcome surprises for the tenant.

3

A dark and bloody ground

Tour. Kentucky never more deserved its Indian appellation A Dark and Bloody Ground than when a small-town physician, seventy-seven-year-old Roscoe Acker, called in an emergency on a sweltering evening in August 1985.

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Breaking Ground: Pioneering Women Archaeologists

Presents twelve adventurous, courageous, and often-overlooked woman archaeologists and their contributions to the field of Old World archaeology

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Ground Penetrating Radar, 2nd Edition

This book describes the key elements of the subject of surface penetrating radar, and in general terms the inter-relationship between those topics in electromagnetism, soil science, geophysics and signal processing which form part of its …

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Uncommon Ground: Architecture, Technology, and Topography

How building and site, technology and topography, interact to create successful buildings and resolve theoretical issues in practice.

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Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three …

Winner of 3 different awards, this is a story of the busing crisis in Boston.

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Interpreting Ground-penetrating Radar for Archaeology

Using 20 years of data from more than 600 ground-penetrating radar surveys, Lawrence Conyers provides the consumer of GPR studies with basic information on how to read and interpret GPR data for identifying subsurface remains and do …

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Theory of Ground Vehicles

Retaining the contents and format of previous editions, the Fourth Edition introduces new material to reflect recent advances in ground transportation technology, including: * Computer-aided methods for design and performance evaluation of …

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Gaining Ground: The Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods

This new edition of Jennifer A. Clack’s groundbreaking book tells the complex story of their emergence and evolution.

8 heroic pilots who flew into Hell to save ground troops

The pilots below heard the calls for assistance and decided there was nothing that would stop them from saving guys on the ground. «We Are The Mighty, Jul 15»

Is ground game dead?

In the wake of our shock defeat, the temptation is to throw the baby out with the bathwater. But don’t write off ground game, warns Jon Ashworth … «New Statesman, Jul 15»

Top tools to get your startup off the ground

Which comes first – the apps or the business? It might sound like a dumb question, but the consequences of building a business on the wrong … «The Next Web, Jul 15»

CVG: Arrivals, departures resume after ground stop

At 6:17 p.m., the FAA said the CVG ground stop was cancelled, and arrivals and departures have resumed. FAA is working to restore … «WLWT Cincinnati, Jul 15»

How can UGA make up ground with Jamyest Williams?

Williams, the 4-star cornerback from Archer High School, told the AJC why UGA was second-to-last on his list of favorite colleges. “To be honest … «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jul 15»

Former firefighter who fired gun at man faces stand your ground …

The charges could be dropped if the judge rules the case falls under the stand your ground law. If the judge disagrees, Mckenzie could face … «WPBF West Palm Beach, Jul 15»

New Horizons: Nasa probe set for ground-breaking Pluto flyby

The Nasa spacecraft New Horizons is due to pass Pluto after travelling more than three billion miles from Earth, giving mankind its first ever … «The Week UK, Jul 15»

Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper Breaks Ground On Buffalo River …

Local and state leaders stood alongside Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper on Monday morning as they broke ground on one of seven restoration … «TWC News, Jul 15»

‘Stand your ground‘ law likely to be debated

A state Supreme Court ruling requiring «stand your ground» defendants to prove their innocence has the National Rifle Association hopping … «WJXT Jacksonville, Jul 15»

New Habitat for Humanity director hits ground running

Habitat for Humanity’s newest director, Jacob Kuntz, rolls a fresh coat of paint in a home on Meadow Drive Monday morning. «Helena Independent Record, Jul 15»

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1    sometimes cap   the third planet from the sun, the only planet on which life is known to exist. It is not quite spherical, being flattened at the poles, and consists of three geological zones, the core, mantle, and thin outer crust. The surface, covered with large areas of water, is enveloped by an atmosphere principally of nitrogen (78 per cent), oxygen (21 per cent), and some water vapour. The age is estimated at over four thousand million years. Distance from sun: 149.6 million kilometres; equatorial diameter: 12756 km; mass: 5.976×1024 kg; sidereal period of axial rotation: 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds; sidereal period of revolution: 365.256 days  
   Related adjs     →
  terrestrial     →
  tellurian     →
  telluric     →
  terrene  

2    the inhabitants of this planet  
the whole earth rejoiced     

3    the dry surface of this planet as distinguished from sea or sky; land; ground  

4    the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the surface of the ground and consists of disintegrated rock particles, mould, clay, etc.; soil  

5    worldly or temporal matters as opposed to the concerns of the spirit  

6    the hole in which a burrowing animal, esp. a fox, lives  

7      (Chem)      See     →
  rare earth     →
  alkaline earth  

a    a connection between an electrical circuit or device and the earth, which is at zero potential  

b    a terminal to which this connection is made,   (U.S. and Canadian equivalent)
   ground         

9      (Also called)
   earth colour   any of various brown pigments composed chiefly of iron oxides  

10    modifier     (Astrology)   of or relating to a group of three signs of the zodiac, Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn  
   Compare     →
  air     →
  19     →
  fire     →
  24     →
  water     →
  12  

11   ♦
cost the earth  
Informal   to be very expensive  

12   ♦
come back or down to earth   to return to reality from a fantasy or daydream  

13   ♦
on earth   used as an intensifier in such phrases as what on earth, who on earth, etc.  

a    to hunt (an animal, esp. a fox) to its earth and trap it there  

b    to find (someone) after searching  
      vb  

15    intr   (of a hunted fox) to go to ground  

16    tr   to connect (a circuit, device, etc.) to earth,   (See also)
     →
  earth up  
     (Old English eorthe; related to Old Norse jorth, Old High German ertha, Gothic airtha, Greek era)  

2    earth or soil  
he dug into the ground outside his house     

3    pl   the land around a dwelling house or other building  

4    sometimes pl   an area of land given over to a purpose  
football ground, burial grounds     

5    land having a particular characteristic  
level ground, high ground     

6    matter for consideration or debate; field of research or inquiry  
the lecture was familiar ground to him, the report covered a lot of ground     

7    a position or viewpoint, as in an argument or controversy (esp. in the phrases give ground, hold, stand, or shift one’s ground)  

8    position or advantage, as in a subject or competition (esp. in the phrases gain ground, lose ground, etc.)  

9    often pl   reason; justification  
grounds for complaint     

a    the prepared surface applied to the support of a painting, such as a wall, canvas, etc., to prevent it reacting with or absorbing the paint  

b    the support of a painting  

c    the background of a painting or main surface against which the other parts of a work of art appear superimposed  

a    the first coat of paint applied to a surface  

b    (as modifier)  
ground colour     

12    the bottom of a river or the sea  

13    pl   sediment or dregs, esp. from coffee  

14      (Chiefly Brit)   the floor of a room  

a    the area from the popping crease back past the stumps, in which a batsman may legally stand  

17    a mesh or network supporting the main pattern of a piece of lace  

18      (Electrical)      the usual U.S. and Canadian word for     →
  earth     →
  8  

20   ♦
below ground   dead and buried  

21   ♦
break new ground   to do something that has not been done before  

22   ♦
cut the ground from under someone’s feet   to anticipate someone’s action or argument and thus make it irrelevant or meaningless  

23   ♦
(down) to the ground     (Brit)  
informal   completely; absolutely  
it suited him down to the ground     

24   ♦
get off the ground  
Informal   to make a beginning, esp. one that is successful  

25   ♦
go to ground   to go into hiding  

26   ♦
into the ground   beyond what is requisite or can be endured; to exhaustion  

27   ♦
meet someone on his own ground   to meet someone according to terms he has laid down himself  

28   ♦
the (moral) high ground   a position of moral or ethical superiority in a dispute  

a    (of a ship) to strike the sea bed  

b    to arrive at something solid or stable after discussing or dealing with topics that are abstract or inconclusive  

30    modifier   situated on, living on, or used on the ground  
ground frost, ground forces     

31    modifier   concerned with or operating on the ground, esp. as distinct from in the air  
ground crew, ground hostess     

32    modifier   (used in names of plants) low-growing and often trailing or spreading  
      vb  

33    tr   to put or place on the ground  

34    tr   to instruct in fundamentals  

35    tr   to provide a basis or foundation for; establish  

36    tr   to confine (an aircraft, pilot, etc.) to the ground  

37    tr  
Informal   to confine (a child) to the house as a punishment  

38       the usual U.S. word for     →
  earth     →
  16  

39    tr     (Nautical)   to run (a vessel) aground  

40    tr   to cover (a surface) with a preparatory coat of paint  

41    intr   to hit or reach the ground  
     (Old English grund; related to Old Norse grunn shallow, grunnr, grund plain, Old High German grunt)  

1       the past tense and past participle of     →
  grind  
      adj  

2    having the surface finished, thickness reduced, or an edge sharpened by grinding  

3    reduced to fine particles by grinding  

1    any beetle of the family Carabidae, often found under logs, stones, etc., having long legs and a dark coloration  

2    any beetle of the family Tenebrionidae, feeding on plants and plant products  

3    any of various other beetles that live close to or beneath the ground  

1    the personnel, radar, computers, etc., on the ground that monitor the progress of aircraft or spacecraft  

2    a system for feeding continuous radio messages to an aircraft pilot to enable him to make a blind landing  

a    dense low herbaceous plants and shrubs that grow over the surface of the ground, esp., in a forest, preventing soil erosion or, in a garden, stifling weeds  

b    (as modifier)  
ground-cover plants     

1    the floor of a building level or almost level with the ground  

2   ♦
get in on (or start from) the ground floor  
Informal  

a    to enter a business, organization, etc., at the lowest level  

b    to be in a project, undertaking, etc., from its inception  

1    glass that has a rough surface produced by grinding, used for diffusing light  

2    glass in the form of fine particles produced by grinding, used as an abrasive  

1    a hairy plant, Ajuga chamaepitys, of Europe and N Africa, having two-lipped yellow flowers marked with red spots: family Labiatae (labiates). It smells of pine when crushed  
   See also     →
  bugle   ²  

2    any of certain North American club mosses, esp. Lycopodium obscurum  

1    a drawing of the ground floor of a building, esp. one to scale  
   See also     →
  plan     →
  3  
  
Compare     →
  elevation     →
  5  

2    a preliminary or basic outline  

1    a North American leguminous plant, Astragalus caryocarpus, with purple or white flowers and green thick-walled plumlike edible pods  

1    (in American Indian legend) the paradise to which a person passes after death  

2    a productive or profitable area for a person with a particular interest or requirement  
jumble sales proved happy hunting grounds in her search for old stone jars     

2      (Also called)
   happy hunting ground   any place containing a supply of what is wanted or in which a search is conducted  
some resorts are a happy hunting ground for souvenirs     

1       another term for     →
  middle distance  

2    a position of compromise between two opposing views, parties, etc.  

- the solid part of the earth’s surface (syn: earth, land)

he dropped the logs on the ground

- a rational motive for a belief or action (syn: reason)

the grounds for their declaration

- the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface (syn: earth)
- a relation that provides the foundation for something (syn: basis, footing)
- 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

- the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground (syn: background)

he posed her against a background of rolling hills

- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) (syn: land, soil)
- a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
- a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) (syn: earth)
- (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface (syn: primer, priming, undercoat)

- fix firmly and stably (syn: anchor)
- confine or restrict to the ground

After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot

- place or put on the ground
- instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
- bring to the ground (syn: strand)

the storm grounded the ship

- hit or reach the ground
- throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
- hit a groundball

he grounded to the second baseman

- hit onto the ground
- cover with a primer; apply a primer to (syn: prime, undercoat)
- connect to a ground

ground the electrical connections for safety reasons

- use as a basis for; found on (syn: base, establish, found)

An apple fell to the ground.

Mechanical problems kept the plane on the ground.

They were lying on the ground.

The flight was watched by many observers on the ground.

Planting seeds in the ground

She drove a spike into the ground.

They built their house on bare ground.

We realized that we were on hallowed ground.

They built their house on high ground.

After that bumpy plane ride it’s good to be back on the ground.

The ground must be plowed in early spring.

Houses should be built on high ground.

The leaves were slowly fluttering to the ground.

He lay on the ground and stared up at the sky.

The ground was frozen solid.