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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Praise :: Praise (v.) The object, ground, or reason of praise..
Pipe Layer :: Pipe layer () One who lays conducting pipes in the ground, as for water, gas, etc..
Slope :: Slope (v. i.) Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.
Negative :: Negative (n.) A picture upon glass or other material, in which the light portions of the original are represented in some opaque material (usually reduced silver), and the dark portions by the uncovered and transparent or semitransparent ground of the picture..
Pit :: Pit (n.) A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit..
Occupy :: Occupy (v. t.) To hold, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up the room or space of; to cover or fill; as, the camp occupies five acres of ground..
Gruf :: Gruf (adv.) Forwards; with one's face to the ground.
Issuable :: Issuable (a.) Lawful or suitable to be issued; as, a writ issuable on these grounds..
Calade :: Calade (n.) A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches..
Valenciennes Lace :: Valenciennes lace () A rich kind of lace made at Valenciennes, in France. Each piece is made throughout, ground and pattern, by the same person and with the same thread, the pattern being worked in the net..
Gannister :: Gannister (n.) A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads..
Commendation :: Commendation (n.) That which is the ground of approbation or praise.
Sublittoral :: Sublition (n.) The act or process of laying the ground in a painting.
Silhouette :: Silhouette (v. t.) To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette..
Area :: Area (n.) Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building..
Core :: Core (n.) A miner's underground working time or shift.
Homopolic :: Homopolic (a.) In promorphology, pertaining to or exhibiting that kind of organic form, in which the stereometric ground form is a pyramid, with similar poles. See Promorphology..
Molehill :: Molehill (n.) A little hillock of earth thrown up by moles working under ground; hence, a very small hill, or an insignificant obstacle or difficulty..
Land :: Land (n.) The ground or floor.
Plant :: Plant (n.) To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize..
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