Definition of ground

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Ground (n.) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.

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Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl..
Stem :: Stem (n.) That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean..
Cutworm :: Cutworm (n.) A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and eat off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal themselves in the earth. The common cutworms are the larvae of various species of Agrotis and related genera of noctuid moths..
Chocolate :: Chocolate (n.) A paste or cake composed of the roasted seeds of the Theobroma Cacao ground and mixed with other ingredients, usually sugar, and cinnamon or vanilla..
Groundage :: Groundage (n.) A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupies while in port.
Earth :: Earth (n.) The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like; sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth; rich earth..
Repaint :: Repaint (v. t.) To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture..
Parlor :: Parlor (n.) In large private houses, a sitting room for the family and for familiar guests, -- a room for less formal uses than the drawing-room. Esp., in modern times, the dining room of a house having few apartments, as a London house, where the dining parlor is usually on the ground floor..
Aweigh :: Aweigh (adv.) Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; -- said of the anchor..
Skepticism :: Skepticism (n.) The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or assertion of certain principles..
Common :: Common (n.) An inclosed or uninclosed tract of ground for pleasure, for pasturage, etc., the use of which belongs to the public; or to a number of persons..
Uneven :: Uneven (a.) Not even; not level; not uniform; rough; as, an uneven road or way; uneven ground..
Corticine :: Corticine (n.) A material for carpeting or floor covering, made of ground cork and caoutchouc or India rubber..
Page :: Page (n.) A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground..
Bog :: Bog (n.) A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass.
Fell :: Fell (v. i.) To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.
Decumbent :: Decumbent (a.) Reclining on the ground, as if too weak to stand, and tending to rise at the summit or apex; as, a decumbent stem..
Pit :: Pit (n.) A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation.
Punt :: Punt (v. t.) To kick (the ball) before it touches the ground, when let fall from the hands..
Hypocarpogean :: Hypocarpogean (a.) Producing fruit below the ground.
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