DICTOMETER

PLASS (Norwegian for "ground")

(ground, place, room, seat, space, asiento, campo, espacio, huelgo, lugar)

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