Phonetic: "/ɡɹaʊnd/"
Part Of Speech: noun
Definition: The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
Example: Look, I found a ten dollar bill on the ground!
Definition: Terrain.
Definition: Soil, earth.
Example: The fox escaped from the hounds by going to ground.
Definition: The bottom of a body of water.
Definition: Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
Definition: (chiefly in the plural) Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
Example: He could not come on grounds of health, or on health grounds.
Definition: Background, context, framework, surroundings.
Definition: 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".
Definition: (by extension) Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
Definition: The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
Example: crimson flowers on a white ground
Definition: In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
Definition: In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
Example: Brussels ground
Definition: In etching, 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.
Definition: (chiefly in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
Example: Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them.
Definition: A soccer stadium.
Example: Manchester United's ground is known as Old Trafford.
Definition: An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
Definition: 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).
Definition: A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
Definition: The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
Definition: The pit of a theatre.