What is the meaning of GROUND. Phrases containing GROUND
See meanings and uses of GROUND!Slangs & AI meanings
guide or caretaker during a hallucinogenic experience
Ground apple is Black−American slang for a brick or rock or stone
Keep one's ear to the ground is slang for to pay close attention to everything one hears.
Grounded is slang for confined to home.
The ground is British slang for the area under the jurisdiction of a particular police station.
Brakeman, yardmaster, or switch engine
Get off the ground is slang for make a successful start.
Go to ground is nursing slang for to fall out of a bed or chair.
Give ground is American slang for to retreat.
Hole in the ground is London Cockney rhyming slang for one pound sterling.
Yell at the ground is American slang for to vomit.
To run into the ground is American slang for to carry to an absurd extreme or to overdo.
Ground zero is military slang for the place at which a nuclear missile strikes.
Ground rations is Black−American slang for sexual intercourse
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v. t.
To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching (see Ground, n., 5); or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
n.
Land; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens, lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the grounds of the estate are well kept.
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Alt. of Groundsill
n.
The act, method, or process of laying a groundwork or foundation; hence, elementary instruction; the act or process of applying a ground, as of color, to wall paper, cotton cloth, etc.; a basis.
n.
Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs; lees; feces; as, coffee grounds.
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In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground. See Brussels lace, under Brussels.
n.
That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a white ground.
v. i.
To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed; as, the ship grounded on the bar.
v. t.
To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the roods of a plant.
a.
Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; as, groundless fear; a groundless report or assertion.
n.
A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupies while in port.
v. t.
To lay, set, or run, on the ground.
imp. & p. p.
of Ground
v. t.
To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
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See Ground plate (a), under Ground
n.
A spectator in the pit of a theater, which formerly was on the ground, and without floor or benches.
v. t.
To connect with the ground so as to make the earth a part of an electrical circuit.
adv.
In a grounded or firmly established manner.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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n.
The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope.
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