Synonym: base, dirt, establish, fix, floor, land, root, set, sod, soil, surface. Similar words: background, middle ground, on the grounds of, round and round, round, around, round up, round off. Meaning: [graʊnd] 
n. 1. the solid part of the earth's surface 2. a rational motive for a belief or action 3. the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface 4. a relation that provides the foundation for something 5. a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle) 6. the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground 7. material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) 8. a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused 9. a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) 10. (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting 11. the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface. v. 1. fix firmly and stably 2. confine or restrict to the ground 3. place or put on the ground 4. instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject 5. bring to the ground 6. hit or reach the ground 7. throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage 8. hit a groundball 9. hit onto the ground 10. cover with a primer; apply a primer to 11. connect to a ground 12. use as a basis for; found on.
n. 1. the solid part of the earth's surface 2. a rational motive for a belief or action 3. the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface 4. a relation that provides the foundation for something 5. a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle) 6. the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground 7. material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) 8. a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused 9. a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) 10. (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting 11. the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface. v. 1. fix firmly and stably 2. confine or restrict to the ground 3. place or put on the ground 4. instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject 5. bring to the ground 6. hit or reach the ground 7. throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage 8. hit a groundball 9. hit onto the ground 10. cover with a primer; apply a primer to 11. connect to a ground 12. use as a basis for; found on. 
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(31) The cement need not be finely ground.
(32) A robin was pecking at crumbs on the ground.
(33) The cold weather had frozen the ground.
(34) The hamlet had been burned to the ground.
(35) A cup fell down to the ground.
(36) The bicycle toppled down to the ground.
(37) The bird glided to the ground.
(38) This physics book breaks fresh ground.
(39) The ma-chine helps to firm the ground up.
(40) Find level ground for the picnic table.
(41) The child sitting on the ground yowled.
(42) Shoppers wrestled the raider to the ground.
(43) Their missile silos are below ground.
(44) Did you cover much ground on the hike?
(45) These animals always return to the same breeding ground.
(46) They hurried over the rough rocky ground .
(47) He ground his knee into the man's stomach.
(48) He fell to the ground in a stupor.
(49) The injured man was lying on the ground,[Sentencedict] moaning.
(50) They managed to grapple him to the ground.
(51) Many villages were razed to the ground.
(52) Most of the wheat will be ground into flour.
(53) He fell flat to the ground.
(54) The ground was hidden by a white fume.
(55) This ground is too hard to dig.
(56) Fire razed the building to the ground.
(57) The ground was horizontal to the flagpole.
(58) The leaves were slowly fluttering to the ground.
(59) The thick snow covers the ground.
(60) A wooden stake was driven firmly into the ground.
More similar words: background, middle ground, on the grounds of, round and round, round, around, round up, round off, all round, surround, all around, go around, get around, come round, surrounding, revolve around, around the corner, group, control group, compound, founder, abound in, profound, boundary, grow, gross, grow up, grow on, grocery, fund.