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What does the word ground mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive

To run aground.

Part of speech: verb transitive

To found; establish; train in first principles.

Part of speech: verb transitive

To fix in the ground; run aground.

Part of speech: verb

To run aground; fall to the ground.

Part of speech: noun plural

Dregs.

Part of speech: noun

The surface of the earth; land.

Part of speech: noun

A base; starting point; reason.

Part of speech: adjective

Imp & pp. of GRIND, v.

Usage examples for ground

Really and truly, Mumsy, they do not touch the ground when I walk. – The Comings of Cousin Ann by Emma Speed Sampson
Peter went home wondering, his eyes on the ground. – Rose MacLeod by Alice Brown