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say it: grownd
ground is a verb and noun meaning "fix firmly and stably". It carries 23 recorded senses.
instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
hit or reach the ground
throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
football
the solid part of the earth's surface
“the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land”
“the earth shook for several minutes”
“he dropped the logs on the ground”
a rational motive for a belief or action
“the reason that war was declared”
“the grounds for their declaration”
a relation that provides the foundation for something
“they were on a friendly footing”
“he worked on an interim basis”
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
“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)
“the land had never been plowed”
“good agricultural soil”
a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
electricity
the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for ground come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.