Definition of ground

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Ground (n.) The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or some indefinite portion of it..

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Field :: Field (n.) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected.
Hopscotch :: Hopscotch (n.) A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground; -- called also hoppers..
Wicket :: Wicket (n.) A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top..
Inundation :: Inundation (n.) The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds..
List :: List (n.) A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat..
Repaint :: Repaint (v. t.) To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture..
Flop :: Flop (v. i.) To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground..
Hummock :: Hummock (n.) A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface..
Water Furrow :: Water furrow () A deep furrow for conducting water from the ground, and keeping the surface soil dry..
Negative :: Negative (n.) A picture upon glass or other material, in which the light portions of the original are represented in some opaque material (usually reduced silver), and the dark portions by the uncovered and transparent or semitransparent ground of the picture..
Gizzard :: Gizzard (n.) The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium..
Epigaeous :: Epigaeous (a.) Growing on, or close to, the ground..
Isocephalism :: Isocephalism (n.) A peculiarity in the design of bas-relief by which the heads of human figures are kept at the same height from the ground, whether the personages are seated, standing, or mounted on horseback; -- called also isokephaleia..
Wash :: Wash (n.) A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh; a fen; as, the washes in Lincolnshire..
Pinole :: Pinole (n.) Parched maize, ground, and mixed with sugar, etc. Mixed with water, it makes a nutritious beverage..
Groundwork :: Groundwork (n.) That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle.
Place :: Place (n.) Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space..
Expectation :: Expectation (n.) The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good to come, esp. of property or rank..
Backwoods :: Backwoods (n. pl.) The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.
Slope :: Slope (v. i.) To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes..
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