Definition of ground

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Ground (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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Aloft :: Aloft (adv.) On high; in the air; high above the ground.
Groundnut :: Groundnut (n.) The dwarf ginseng (Aralia trifolia).
Horse-chestnut :: Horse-chestnut (n.) The large nutlike seed of a species of Aesculus (Ae. Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name..
Crypt :: Crypt (n.) A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chapel or oratory..
Microcrystalline :: Microcrystalline (a.) Crystalline on a fine, or microscopic, scale; consisting of fine crystals; as, the ground mass of certain porphyrics is microcrystalline..
Libation :: Libation (n.) The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out..
Subterrany :: Subterranity (n.) A place under ground; a subterrany.
Intromission :: Intromission (n.) An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority..
Biggin :: Biggin (n.) A coffeepot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured; -- so called from Mr. Biggin, the inventor..
Profile :: Profile (n.) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc..
Alehoof :: Alehoof (n.) Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).
Rehibition :: Rehibition (n.) The returning of a thing purchased to the seller, on the ground of defect or frand..
Field :: Field (n.) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected.
Escarpment :: Escarpment (n.) A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp..
Redan :: Redan (n.) A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level..
Causeless :: Causeless (a.) Without just or sufficient reason; groundless.
Mash :: Mash (n.) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort..
Tremella :: Tremella (n.) A genus of gelatinous fungi found in moist grounds.
Dewclaw :: Dewclaw (n.) In any animal, esp. of the Herbivora, a rudimentary claw or small hoof not reaching the ground..
Copland :: Copland (n.) A piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle.
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