DICTOMETER

GROUNDS

(ground, grounds, campo, causal, encallar, fondo, hacer encallar, suelo, terreno, bakke, bunn, grunn, grunnstøte, jord, plass, terreng, årsak)

1. Synonyms:
   • Evidence
   • Grounds
   Definitions:
   • your basis for belief or disbelief
   • knowledge on which to base belief
   Examples:
   • The evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling
   Antonyms:
   figure
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Yard
   • Grounds
   • Curtilage
   Definitions:
   • the enclosed land around a house or other building
   Examples:
   • It was a small house with almost no yard
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Grounds
   Definitions:
   • a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Cause
   • Reason
   • Grounds
   Definitions:
   • a justification for something existing or happening
   Examples:
   • He had no cause to complain
   • They had good reason to rejoice
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Grounds
   Definitions:
   • dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue
   Examples:
   • It is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds
   
   

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