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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Hippocrene :: Hippocrene (n.) A fountain on Mount Helicon in Boeotia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration..
Grouser :: Grouser (n.) A pointed timber attached to a boat and sliding vertically, to thrust into the ground as a means of anchorage..
Wash :: Wash (n.) A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh; a fen; as, the washes in Lincolnshire..
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
Isocephalism :: Isocephalism (n.) A peculiarity in the design of bas-relief by which the heads of human figures are kept at the same height from the ground, whether the personages are seated, standing, or mounted on horseback; -- called also isokephaleia..
Aground :: Aground (adv. & a.) On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground.
Plat :: Plat (n.) A small piece or plot of ground laid out with some design, or for a special use; usually, a portion of flat, even ground..
Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage..
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..
Perambulator :: Perambulator (n.) A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See Odometer..
Affix :: Affix (v. t.) To fix or fasten figuratively; -- with on or upon; as, eyes affixed upon the ground..
Bottom :: Bottom (n.) That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork..
Subworker :: Subway (n.) An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph wires, etc., are conducted..
Slump :: Slump (v. i.) To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a bog, etc., not strong enough to bear the person..
Scape :: Scape (n.) A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like..
Prepare :: Prepare (v. t.) To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a lesson..
Faldfee :: Faldfee (n.) A fee or rent paid by a tenant for the privilege of faldage on his own ground.
Playground :: Playground (n.) A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school..
Cache :: Cache (n.) A hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry..
Keeping :: Keeping (n.) Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping..
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