DICTOMETER

GROUND

(grind, ground, aciberar, moler, trabajo pesado, campo, causal, encallar, fondo, hacer encallar, suelo, terreno, kjedelig arbeid, knuse, male, presse, slipe, bakke, bunn, grunn, grunnstøte, jord, plass, terreng, årsak)

1. Synonyms:
   • Land
   • Dry land
   • Earth
   • Ground
   • Solid ground
   • Terra firma
   Definitions:
   • the solid part of the earth's surface
   Examples:
   • The plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land
   • The earth shook for several minutes
   • He dropped the logs on the ground
   Antonyms:
   figure
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Reason
   • Ground
   Definitions:
   • a rational motive for a belief or action
   Examples:
   • The reason that war was declared
   • The grounds for their declaration
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Earth
   • Ground
   Definitions:
   • the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
   Examples:
   • They dug into the earth outside the church
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Footing
   • Basis
   • Ground
   Definitions:
   • a relation that provides the foundation for something
   Examples:
   • They were on a friendly footing
   • He worked on an interim basis
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Ground
   Definitions:
   • a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)
   Examples:
   • They gained ground step by step
   • They fought to regain the lost ground
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Background
   • Ground
   Definitions:
   • the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
   Examples:
   • He posed her against a background of rolling hills
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Land
   • Ground
   • Soil
   Definitions:
   • material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
   Examples:
   • The land had never been plowed
   • Good agricultural soil
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Ground
   Definitions:
   • a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Ground
   • Earth
   Definitions:
   • a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Ground
    Definitions:
    • (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Flat coat
    • Ground
    • Primer
    • Priming
    • Primer coat
    • Priming coat
    • Undercoat
    Definitions:
    • the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Anchor
   • Ground
   Definitions:
   • fix firmly and stably
   Examples:
   • Anchor the lamppost in concrete
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Ground
   Definitions:
   • confine or restrict to the ground
   Examples:
   • After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Ground
   Definitions:
   • place or put on the ground
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Ground
   Definitions:
   • instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Ground
   • Strand
   • Run aground
   Definitions:
   • bring to the ground
   Examples:
   • The storm grounded the ship
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Ground
   • Run aground
   Definitions:
   • hit or reach the ground
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Ground
   Definitions:
   • throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Ground
   Definitions:
   • hit a groundball
   Examples:
   • He grounded to the second baseman
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Ground
   Definitions:
   • hit onto the ground
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Prime
    • Ground
    • Undercoat
    Definitions:
    • cover with a primer
    • apply a primer to
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Ground
    Definitions:
    • connect to a ground
    Examples:
    • Ground the electrical connections for safety reasons
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Establish
    • Base
    • Ground
    • Found
    Definitions:
    • use as a basis for
    • found on
    Examples:
    • Base a claim on some observation
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Crunch
   • Cranch
   • Craunch
   • Grind
   Definitions:
   • press or grind with a crushing noise
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Grate
   • Grind
   Definitions:
   • make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
   Examples:
   • Grate one's teeth in anger
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Labor
   • Labour
   • Toil
   • Fag
   • Travail
   • Grind
   • Drudge
   • Dig
   • Moil
   Definitions:
   • work hard
   Examples:
   • She was digging away at her math homework
   • Lexicographers drudge all day long
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Grind
   Definitions:
   • dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Grind
   • Mash
   • Crunch
   • Bray
   • Comminute
   Definitions:
   • reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
   Examples:
   • Grind the spices in a mortar
   • Mash the garlic
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Grind
   Definitions:
   • created by grinding
   Examples:
   • Grind designs into the glass bowl
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Grind
   Definitions:
   • shape or form by grinding
   Examples:
   • Grind lenses for glasses and cameras