Definition of ground

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Ground (v. t.) To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly..

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Underground :: Underground (a.) Being below the surface of the ground; as, an underground story or apartment..
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..
Height :: Height (n.) The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of animal, especially of a man; stature..
Dovecote :: Dovecote (n.) A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house..
Stem :: Stem (n.) That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean..
Substructure :: Substruction (n.) Underbuilding; the foundation, or any preliminary structure intended to raise the lower floor or basement of a building above the natural level of the ground..
Plot :: Plot (n.) A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot..
Boncilate :: Boncilate (n.) A substance composed of ground bone, mineral matters, etc., hardened by pressure, and used for making billiard balls, boxes, etc..
Land :: Land (n.) Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; as, wet land; good or bad land..
Scotch :: Scotch (n.) A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground..
Carabus :: Carabus (n.) A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects..
Foreground :: Foreground (n.) On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6..
Guess :: Guess (n.) An opinion as to anything, formed without sufficient or decisive evidence or grounds; an attempt to hit upon the truth by a random judgment; a conjecture; a surmise..
Atrip :: Atrip (adv.) Just hove clear of the ground; -- said of the anchor.
Outground :: Outground (n.) Ground situated at a distance from the house; outlying land.
Lawn :: Lawn (n.) Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
Grout :: Grout (n.) Lees; dregs; grounds.
Irradiation :: Irradiation (n.) The apparent enlargement of a bright object seen upon a dark ground, due to the fact that the portions of the retina around the image are stimulated by the intense light; as when a dark spot on a white ground appears smaller, or a white spot on a dark ground larger, than it really is, esp. when a little out of focus..
Shadd :: Shadd (n.) Rounded stones containing tin ore, lying at the surface of the ground, and indicating a vein..
Anchorage :: Anchorage (n.) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
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