• In spring you kill the vetch by simply cutting it close to the ground, and then lay it in place on the beds.
• He froze and lay close to the ground, his entire body choked up with uncontrollable fear.
• Light rails are too buslike to impress most commuters, too squished and close to the ground.

Synonyms

• There was a sense of urgency today as cleanup workers tried to head off oil slicks before they reached Spanish beaches and the fishing grounds.
• The move was designed to relieve people of the squalid living conditions, as well as to grant better access to hunting and fishing grounds.
• The remaining birds, whether on the breeding or wintering grounds, mostly inhabit public or undeveloped beaches.

• This is a huge subject that covers much ground and will see a good many proposals.
• Any book on European integration which aims to be at all comparative is bound to cover a lot of ground, both theoretical and practical.
• Certainly she believes the process is moving onto dangerous ground.

• That may give them grounds for a constitutional challenge on the grounds of equality and of guarantees not to endow any religion.
• But in a case such as the present where the bad faith of the plaintiff is not alleged, I can see no basis for the implication of a representation of reasonable grounds for belief.
• However, interest-based financing systems can neither be justified on the grounds of efficiency nor on the basis of economic justice.

Synonyms

• Lashing skeins of clear acrylic medium course through wiped grounds, in a family of pinks ranging from alizarin to rust, of oceanic vastness.
• These new paintings are mostly organized around nearly straight brushstrokes executed on grounds made of broader, looser applications of paint.

• Most of the coffee in it was the residue from the coffee grounds, but he didn't care.
• After four minutes, you press the plunger to force the coffee grounds to the bottom; they're trapped by a wire mesh.
• With trembling hands, she shook the coffee grounds into the filter.

Synonyms

• He had been praised for a mission where he rescued injured youngsters in atrocious flying conditions which had grounded every other aircraft.
• Some flights to the US could be grounded after the airline pilots' union called on its members not to fly with armed sky marshals on board.
• He said the airline has grounded the pilot with pay while executives investigate the incident.

Synonyms

• Initially it seems that the ship is grounded as solidly as a breakwater, but after a while the creaks and groans are evidence of movement, however slight this may be.
• Yesterday, salvors were also hard at work on the cargo ship Sagitarius, which is grounded on the rocks off Leaches Bay.
• If river levels sink too low, barges could be grounded and agriculture thrown into chaos.

Synonyms

• The brilliant synthesis was grounded in his own practical experience.
• This radical political practice was grounded in an equally radical theology.
• The music is soulful while being grounded in the aesthetic and working practices of jazz.

Synonyms

• However replays showed his foot went into touch as he grounded the ball.
• The irony is that he would have been two strokes better off had he not been penalised for grounding his club in a bunker during Thursday's first round.
• However, he made no attempt to ground the ball and ran touch in goal for what should have been a certain try.

• And since this pipe extended a considerable distance below ground, it served as an adequate basis for grounding the entire electrical system.
• The spark plugs must be grounded to complete the electrical circuit.

• The batter grounded out, shortstop to first, and the runner from second rounded third and attempted to score on the play.
• He started Game 6 at first base and grounded out to first in his only at-bat.
• He ended the inning by grounding out to third.

• It didn't even seem like the ground creatures that lived in the woods knew about it.
• Very few ground snakes lift their heads up high so there's not much need to detect airborne sounds.

• He says the agreement covered pilots and cabin crew, terminal services and other ground staff.
• This dispute also involves ground service staff and check-in agents as well as load controllers.
• Suddenly things got busy around the aircraft and I asked our ground maintenance what was going on.