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| Sounds | graw'nd |
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| Rhymes | abound, aground, around, and 55 more rhymes in awnd at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Broken or pounded into small fragments. Used of e.g. ore or stone. |
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| Examples | "ground glass is used as an abrasive" |
| Synonyms | crushed |
| Similar to | broken |
| Meaning | The solid part of the earth's surface. |
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| Examples | "he dropped the logs on the ground" |
| Synonyms | land, dry land, earth, solid ground, terra firma |
| Part of | Earth, world, globe |
| Narrower | America, the Americas; archipelago; beachfront; cape, ness; coastal plain; floor; foreland; forest, woodland, timberland, timber; hills; island; isthmus; landmass; mainland; neck; oxbow; peninsula; plain, field, champaign; slash; wonderland |
| Broader | object, physical object |
| Verbs | ground; ground; ground; ground; ground; ground |
| Meaning | A rational motive for a belief or action. |
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| Examples | "the grounds for their declaration" |
| Synonyms | reason |
| Narrower | occasion; score, account; why, wherefore |
| Broader | rational motive |
| Verbs | ground |
| Meaning | The loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface. |
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| Synonyms | earth |
| Narrower | moraine; diatomaceous earth, diatomite, kieselguhr; saprolite; soil, dirt |
| Broader | material, stuff |
| Meaning | A relation that provides the foundation for something. |
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| Synonyms | footing, basis |
| Narrower | common ground |
| Broader | foundation |
| Meaning | A position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle). |
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| Examples | "they gained ground step by step"; "they fought to regain the lost ground" |
| Broader | military position, position |
| Meaning | The part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground. |
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| Examples | "he posed her against a background of rolling hills" |
| Synonyms | background |
| Broader | view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama |
| Meaning | Material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use). |
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| Synonyms | land, soil |
| Narrower | badlands; bottomland, bottom; coastland; cultivated land, farmland, plowland, ploughland, tilled land, tillage, tilth; overburden; permafrost; rangeland; turf, sod, sward, greensward; wetland |
| Broader | object, physical object |
| Meaning | A relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused. |
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| Broader | percept, perception, perceptual experience |
| Contrary | figure |
| Meaning | A connection between an electrical device and the earth (which is a zero voltage). |
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| Synonyms | earth |
| Broader | connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective |
| Verbs | ground |
| Meaning | (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting. |
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| Category | art, artistic creation, artistic production |
| Broader | surface |
| Meaning | The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface. |
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| Synonyms | flat coat, primer, priming, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat |
| Narrower | couch |
| Broader | coat of paint |
| Verbs | ground |
| Meaning | Fix firmly and stably. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | anchor |
| Broader | fasten, fix, secure |
| Meaning | Confine or restrict to the ground. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot" |
| Broader | restrain, confine, hold |
| Nouns | ground |
| Meaning | Place or put on the ground. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay |
| Nouns | ground |
| Meaning | Instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Broader | teach, learn, instruct |
| Meaning | Bring to the ground. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "the storm grounded the ship" |
| Synonyms | run aground |
| Cause to | ground, run aground |
| Broader | land |
| Nouns | ground |
| Meaning | Hit or reach the ground. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
| Synonyms | run aground |
| Caused by | ground, run aground |
| Broader | reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain |
| Nouns | ground |
| Meaning | Throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Category | football, football game |
| Broader | throw |
| Similar to | ground |
| Nouns | ground |
| Meaning | Hit a groundball. |
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| Pattern | It is ----ing |
| Examples | "he grounded to the second baseman" |
| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball |
| Broader | hit |
| Similar to | ground |
| Nouns | grounder |
| Meaning | Hit onto the ground. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball |
| Broader | hit |
| Similar to | ground; ground |
| Nouns | ground |
| Meaning | Cover with a primer. Apply a primer to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Model | They want to ground the doors |
| Synonyms | prime, undercoat |
| Broader | paint |
| Nouns | ground |
| Meaning | Connect to a ground. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "ground the electrical connections for safety reasons" |
| Narrower | earth |
| Broader | connect, link, tie, link up |
| Nouns | ground; grounding |
| Meaning | Use as a basis for. Found on. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
| Synonyms | establish, base, found |
| Narrower | build |
| Nouns | ground |