Ground

Meaning

Noun

●

The

of the Earth,

the

or water or underground.

●

Terrain.

●

Soil, earth.

●

The

of a body of water.

●

Basis,

,

, legwork.

●

Reason, (epistemic)

, cause.

●

Background,

,

, surroundings.

●

The area on which a

is

,

as

to the area

by

or the other. Often,

the

, "to

" or "to

".

●

Advantage given or

in any

; e.g. in

,

,

or

discourse.

●

A place

to a

activity.

●

The

upon which the

of an

are set.

●

In Sculpture:

A

upon which

are

in relief.

●

The

of small

upon which the

is applied.

●

A

over the

of a

to be

, to

the

from

except where an

is made by the needle.

●

In Architecture:

One of the

of

,

with the

, to which

etc. are attached.

●

A

stadium.

●

In American English, Canadian English & Electricity:

An

to the

, or a large

whose

potential is

as

(such as a

chassis).

●

In Philippine English & Electricity:

Electric shock.

●

In Cricket:

The area of

which a

is

(a

); the

in which it is

; the part of the

behind a batsman's

where he

be

(hence to make

ground).

●

In Music:

A

in which the

,

of

, is

to a

melody.

●

In Music:

The

on which

are

; the

song.

●

The

of a theatre.

●

In Indian English:

Synonym of

(“land measure”)

Verb

●

In American English:

To

(an

or

) to a ground.

●

In Philippine English:

To electrocute.

●

To

, especially a

or

, by

them to

certain privileges.

●

To

(an

or

) to fly.

●

To give a

basic education

in a particular

; to

in

or first principles.

●

In Baseball:

To

a

. Compare

(verb (regular)) and

(verb).

●

To place something on the ground.

●

To

; to

and

fixed.

●

To found; to

or set, as on a

,

, or

; to

a

for; to

firmly.

●

To

with a

, as a

for

, or as

or other

with a

as a

for ornament.

●

To improve or focus the

or

state of.

●

In Artificial intelligence:

To

a

machine learning

model with

information it was not

on.

●

and

past participle

of grind

Adj

●

Crushed, or

to small particles.

●

Processed by grinding.

Sourced from

Origin

ground

English

grund

Old English (ca. 450-1100)

Sourced from

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