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.
Nineholes :: Nineholes (n. pl.) A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled..
Prostrate :: Prostrate (a.) Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate..
Inlay :: Inlay (v. t.) To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, iviry, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with insertions..
Geodephagous :: Geodephagous (a.) Living in the earth; -- applied to the ground beetles.
Cemetery :: Cemetery (n.) A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis.
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To slope down; as, hanging grounds..
Upturn :: Upturn (v. t.) To turn up; to direct upward; to throw up; as, to upturn the ground in plowing..
Probable :: Probable (a.) Rendering probable; supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating; as, probable evidence; probable presumption..
Spend :: Spend (v. i.) To break ground; to continue working.
Groundnut :: Groundnut (n.) A leguminous, twining plant (Apios tuberosa), producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste..
Geothermometer :: Geothermometer (n.) A thermometer specially constructed for measuring temperetures at a depth below the surface of the ground.
Alignment :: Alignment (n.) The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile..
Patch :: Patch (n.) Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn..
Background :: Background (n.) A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight..
Background :: Background (n.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.
Terrestrial :: Terrestrial (a.) Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents..
Ridge :: Ridge (n.) A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc..
Glacis :: Glacis (n.) A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin)..
Yernut :: Yernut (n.) An earthnut, or groundnut. See Groundnut (d)..
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