"ground" meaning in English

See ground in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /'graʊnd/ Audio: en-us-ground.ogg [US] Forms: ground [positive], [comparative], [superlative]
Head templates: {{adjective}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is ground, it is crushed into small particles.
    Sense id: simple-ground-en-adj-InsqW89L
  2. If something is ground, it has been prepared through grinding.
    Sense id: simple-ground-en-adj-C7dqSv3a

Noun

IPA: /'graʊnd/ Audio: en-us-ground.ogg [US] Forms: ground [singular], grounds [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The ground is what you stand or sit on when you are outside.
    Sense id: simple-ground-en-noun-QsQ-b0j7
  2. Ground is terrain; it is the land.
    Sense id: simple-ground-en-noun-~lnHxgxr
  3. Ground is earth or soil.
    Sense id: simple-ground-en-noun-YSDxZpm0
  4. A ground is the bottom of a body of water.
    Sense id: simple-ground-en-noun-QsF8K4qL
  5. The ground for something is the basis or foundation of it.
    Sense id: simple-ground-en-noun-Jw3u8evC
  6. The ground for something is the background or context of it.
    Sense id: simple-ground-en-noun-kBmoPlgX
  7. A ground is a soccer stadium.
    Sense id: simple-ground-en-noun-~rM7~mIA Categories (other): Sports

Verb

IPA: /'graʊnd/ Audio: en-us-ground.ogg [US] Forms: ground [canonical], grounds [third-person, singular], grounded [past], grounded [past, participle], grounding [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you ground a pilot of an airplane, you stop them from flying.
    Sense id: simple-ground-en-verb-VqcWnL23
  2. If you ground a circuit of electricity, you connect it with a ground.
    Sense id: simple-ground-en-verb-~8tNxiiU
  3. If you ground a child, you take away their privileges, like the phone and the television, and not allow them to go out, usually as a punishment.
    Sense id: simple-ground-en-verb-0s3mXX7g

Verb

IPA: /'graʊnd/ Audio: en-us-ground.ogg [US] Forms: grind [canonical], grinds [third-person, singular], ground [past], ground [past, participle], grinding [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb2|grind|grinds|ground|ground|grinding}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The past tense and past participle of grind.
    Sense id: simple-ground-en-verb-xqn0muib
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