Definition of ground

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Ground (n.) The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope..

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Roller :: Roller (n.) Any species of small ground snakes of the family Tortricidae.
Patch :: Patch (n.) Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn..
Terminus :: Terminus (n.) The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line..
Stump :: Stump (n.) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.
Earthnut :: Earthnut (n.) A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or on the ground.
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on the ground..
Adarce :: Adarce (n.) A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy..
Rope :: Rope (v. t.) To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in, or rope off, a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd..
Hold :: Hold (n.) The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
Snowdrop :: Snowdrop (n.) A bulbous plant (Galanthus nivalis) bearing white flowers, which often appear while the snow is on the ground. It is cultivated in gardens for its beauty..
Authorize :: Authorize (v. t.) To justify; to furnish a ground for.
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..
Panic :: Panic (a.) A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic..
Golf :: Golf (n.) A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner.
Particular :: Particular (n.) One of the details or items of grounds of claim; -- usually in the pl.; also, a bill of particulars; a minute account; as, a particular of premises..
Morass :: Morass (n.) A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen..
Weedy :: Weedy (superl.) Abounding with weeds; as, weedy grounds; a weedy garden; weedy corn..
Croquet :: Croquet (n.) An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or arches set in the ground according to some pattern..
Grievance :: Grievance (v. t.) A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, etc.; injury..
Homestead :: Homestead (n.) The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it.
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