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Sounds | graw'nd |
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Rhymes | abound, aground, around, and 55 more rhymes in awnd at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Broken or pounded into small fragments. Used of e.g. ore or stone. |
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Examples | "ground glass is used as an abrasive" |
Synonyms | crushed |
Similar to | broken |
Meaning | The solid part of the earth's surface. |
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Examples | "he dropped the logs on the ground" |
Synonyms | land, dry land, earth, solid ground, terra firma |
Part of | Earth, world, globe |
Narrower | America, the Americas; archipelago; beachfront; cape, ness; coastal plain; floor; foreland; forest, woodland, timberland, timber; hills; island; isthmus; landmass; mainland; neck; oxbow; peninsula; plain, field, champaign; slash; wonderland |
Broader | object, physical object |
Verbs | ground; ground; ground; ground; ground; ground |
Meaning | A rational motive for a belief or action. |
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Examples | "the grounds for their declaration" |
Synonyms | reason |
Narrower | occasion; score, account; why, wherefore |
Broader | rational motive |
Verbs | ground |
Meaning | The loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface. |
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Synonyms | earth |
Narrower | moraine; diatomaceous earth, diatomite, kieselguhr; saprolite; soil, dirt |
Broader | material, stuff |
Meaning | A relation that provides the foundation for something. |
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Synonyms | footing, basis |
Narrower | common ground |
Broader | foundation |
Meaning | A position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle). |
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Examples | "they gained ground step by step"; "they fought to regain the lost ground" |
Broader | military position, position |
Meaning | The part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground. |
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Examples | "he posed her against a background of rolling hills" |
Synonyms | background |
Broader | view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama |
Meaning | Material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use). |
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Synonyms | land, soil |
Narrower | badlands; bottomland, bottom; coastland; cultivated land, farmland, plowland, ploughland, tilled land, tillage, tilth; overburden; permafrost; rangeland; turf, sod, sward, greensward; wetland |
Broader | object, physical object |
Meaning | A relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused. |
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Broader | percept, perception, perceptual experience |
Contrary | figure |
Meaning | A connection between an electrical device and the earth (which is a zero voltage). |
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Synonyms | earth |
Broader | connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective |
Verbs | ground |
Meaning | (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting. |
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Category | art, artistic creation, artistic production |
Broader | surface |
Meaning | The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface. |
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Synonyms | flat coat, primer, priming, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat |
Narrower | couch |
Broader | coat of paint |
Verbs | ground |
Meaning | Fix firmly and stably. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | anchor |
Broader | fasten, fix, secure |
Meaning | Confine or restrict to the ground. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot" |
Broader | restrain, confine, hold |
Nouns | ground |
Meaning | Place or put on the ground. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay |
Nouns | ground |
Meaning | Instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Broader | teach, learn, instruct |
Meaning | Bring to the ground. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "the storm grounded the ship" |
Synonyms | run aground |
Cause to | ground, run aground |
Broader | land |
Nouns | ground |
Meaning | Hit or reach the ground. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Synonyms | run aground |
Caused by | ground, run aground |
Broader | reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain |
Nouns | ground |
Meaning | Throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Category | football, football game |
Broader | throw |
Similar to | ground |
Nouns | ground |
Meaning | Hit a groundball. |
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Pattern | It is ----ing |
Examples | "he grounded to the second baseman" |
Category | baseball, baseball game, ball |
Broader | hit |
Similar to | ground |
Nouns | grounder |
Meaning | Hit onto the ground. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Category | baseball, baseball game, ball |
Broader | hit |
Similar to | ground; ground |
Nouns | ground |
Meaning | Cover with a primer. Apply a primer to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | They want to ground the doors |
Synonyms | prime, undercoat |
Broader | paint |
Nouns | ground |
Meaning | Connect to a ground. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "ground the electrical connections for safety reasons" |
Narrower | earth |
Broader | connect, link, tie, link up |
Nouns | ground; grounding |
Meaning | Use as a basis for. Found on. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
Synonyms | establish, base, found |
Narrower | build |
Nouns | ground |