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Noun: ground grawnd- The solid part of the earth's surface
"he dropped the logs on the ground" - Verb: ground grawnd- Fix firmly and stably
- anchor - Confine or restrict to the ground
"After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot" - Place or put on the ground
- Instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
- Bring to the ground
"the storm grounded the ship" - strand, run aground - Hit or reach the ground
- run aground - Throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
- Hit a groundball
"he grounded to the second baseman" - Hit onto the ground
- Cover with a primer; apply a primer to
- prime, undercoat - Connect to a ground
"ground the electrical connections for safety reasons" - Use as a basis for; found on
- establish, base, found Verb: grind (ground) grInd- Press or grind with a crushing noise
- crunch, cranch, craunch - Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
- grate - Work hard
- labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], toil, fag, travail, drudge, dig, moil [N. Amer] - 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
- Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
"grind the spices in a mortar" - mash, crunch, bray [archaic], comminute - Create by grinding
"grind designs into the glass bowl" - Shape or form by grinding
"grind lenses for glasses and cameras"
Derived forms: grounding, grounds, grounded See also: grind down, grinder, grinding, grounder, grounding Type of: arrive at, aspect, attain, break up, coat of paint, confine, connect, connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion [Brit], create, dance, do work, fasten, fix, forge, form, foundation, fragment, fragmentise [Brit], fragmentize, gain, hit, hold, instruct, land, lay, learn, link, link up, make, material, military position, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], object, paint, panorama, percept, perception, perceptual experience, physical object, place, pose, position, press, prospect, put, rational motive, reach, restrain, scene, secure, set, shape, stuff, surface, teach, throw, tie, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, view, vista, work Antonym: figure Part of: Earth, globe, world Encyclopedia: Grind Ground |