ground

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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noun, verb, adjective-see also GRIND v.
+ noun
surface of earth
1 (often the ground) [U] the solid surface of the earth: I found her lying on the ground. + He lost his balance and fell to the ground. + 2 metres above / below ground + Most of the monkeys' food is found at ground level. + ground forces (= soldiers that fight on land, not in the air or at sea) - EARTH
soil
2 [U] soil on the surface of the earth: fertile ground for planting crops
area of land
3 [U] an area of open land: The kids were playing on waste ground behind the school.
4 [C] (often in compounds) (BrE) an area of land that is used for a particular purpose, activity or sport: a football / recreation / sports ground + ancient burial grounds
See also - BREEDING GROUND, DUMPING GROUND, PARADE GROUND, STAMPING GROUND, TESTING GROUND
5 (grounds) [pl.] a large area of land or sea that is used for a particular purpose: fishing / hunting grounds + feeding grounds for birds
gardens
6 (grounds) [pl.] the land or gardens around a large building: the school / hospital grounds + The house has extensive grounds.
area of knowledge / ideas
7 [U] an area of interest, knowledge or ideas: He managed to cover a lot of ground in a short talk. + We had to go over the same ground (= talk about the same things again) in class the next day. + You're on dangerous ground (= talking about ideas that are likely to offend sb or make people angry) if you criticize his family. + I thought I was on safe ground (= talking about a suitable subject) discussing music with her. + He was back on familiar ground, dealing with the customers. + They are fighting the Conservatives on their own ground.
See also - COMMON GROUND, MIDDLE GROUND
good reason
8 [C, usually pl.] ~ for sth / for doing sth a good or true reason for saying, doing or believing sth: You have no grounds for complaint. + What were his grounds for wanting a divorce? + The case was dismissed on the grounds that there was not enough evidence. + He retired from the job on health grounds. + Employers cannot discriminate on grounds of age. - REASON
in liquid
9 (grounds) [pl.] the small pieces of solid matter in a liquid that have fallen to the bottom: coffee grounds
electrical wire
10 [C, usually sing.] (AmE) = EARTH (5)
background
11 [C] a background that a design is painted or printed on: pink roses on a white ground
Idioms: cut the ground from under sb's feet to suddenly spoil sb's idea or plan by doing sth to stop them from continuing with it
gain / make up ground (on sb/sth) to gradually get closer to sb/sth that is moving or making progress in an activity: The police car was gaining ground on the suspects. + They needed to make up ground on their competitors.
get (sth) off the ground to start happening successfully; to make sth start happening successfully: Without more money, the movie is unlikely to get off the ground. + to get a new company off the ground
give / lose ground (to sb/sth) to allow sb to have an advantage; to lose an advantage for yourself: They are not prepared to give ground on tax cuts. + The Conservatives lost a lot of ground to the Liberal Democrats at the election.
go to ground (BrE) to hide, especially to escape sb who is chasing you
hold / stand your ground
1 to continue with your opinions or intentions when sb is opposing you and wants you to change: Don't let him persuade you-stand your ground.
2 to face a situation and refuse to run away: It is not easy to hold your ground in front of someone with a gun.
on the ground in the place where sth is happening and among the people who are in the situation, especially a war: On the ground, there are hopes that the fighting will soon stop. + There's a lot of support for the policy on the ground.
run / drive / work yourself into the ground to work so hard that you become extremely tired
run sb/sth into the ground to use sth so much that it is broken; to make sb work so hard that they are no longer able to work
thick / thin on the ground (BrE) if people or things are thick/thin on the ground, there are a lot/not many of them in a place: Customers are thin on the ground at this time of year. + Security officers were thick on the ground during the King's visit.
more at EAR, FIRM adj., FOOT n., GAIN v., HIT v., MORAL adj., NEUTRAL adv., NEW, PREPARE, RIVET v., SHIFT v., STONY, SUIT v.
+ verb
boat
1 when a boat grounds or sth grounds it, it touches the bottom of the sea and is unable to move: [VN] The fishing boat had been grounded on rocks off the coast of Cornwall. [also V]
aircraft
2 [VN] [often passive] to prevent an aircraft from taking off: The balloon was grounded by strong winds. + All planes out of Heathrow have been grounded by the strikes.
child
3 [VN] [usually passive] to punish a child by not allowing them to go out with their friends for a period of time: You're grounded for a week!
electricity
4 [VN] (AmE) = EARTH
Idioms: (be) grounded in / on sth (to be) based on sth: His views are grounded on the assumption that all people are equal. + These explanations are not sufficiently grounded in fact.
See also - GROUNDING
+ adjective [only before noun] (of food) cut or crushed into very small pieces or powder: ground coffee

Thesaurus dictionary

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n.

1 earth, soil, turf, sod, dirt, loam, clay; land, terrain:

There is a great hole in the ground behind my house.

2 territory, area, range, scope, compass:

We covered the ground quite thoroughly at our meeting.

3 Often, grounds. basis, foundation, base, reason, footing, justification, rationale, argument, cause, motive, excuse:

What are her grounds for suing for divorce?

4 grounds. sediment, dregs, lees, deposit, settlings, Brit grouts:

Filter out the grounds before drinking the coffee.

v.

5 base, establish, organize, found; settle, set:

The school's philosophy is grounded on the principles of Maria Montessori

6 instruct, teach, train, coach, tutor, inform, prepare, initiate:

The purpose of the course is to ground students in basic mathematics.

Collocation dictionary

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¹ solid surface of the earth

ADJ.

firm, hard | muddy, soft, wet | dry, dusty | fertile

(often figurative) The fall of the old regime provided fertile ground for opportunism.

VERB + GROUND

fall to, hit

The helicopter burst into flames when it hit the ground.

| reach

She's so short, her feet don't reach the ground when she sits down.

| get off, leave

The plane was so overloaded it couldn't leave the ground. (figurative) His plan is too costly to ever get off the ground.

GROUND + NOUN

level

A waterproof membrane is built into the wall just above ground level.

PREP.

above/below ~

The roots may spread as far below ground as does the foliage above ground.

| in the ~

a hole in the ground

| on the ~

He sat down on the ground.

| under the ~

The tunnel goes deep under the ground.

² area of land

ADJ.

high, low

The village stands on high ground and is not prone to flooding.

| open | difficult, rocky, rough, stony, uneven | marshy

QUANT.

patch, piece

We found a patch of open ground in the middle of the woods.

³ piece of land used for a particular purpose

ADJ.

burial | dumping | cricket, football, practice, rugby, sports, training | parade | breeding, feeding, hunting

PREP.

at a/the ~

I'll meet you at the football ground.

| in a/the ~

all the graves in the burial ground

⁴ grounds: land surrounding a large building

ADJ.

extensive | castle, hospital, palace, school, etc.

VERB + GROUND

be set in, have

The palace is set in extensive grounds.

PREP.

in the ~ (of)

Many estate workers lived in cottages in the grounds of the castle.

⁵ area of interest/study/discussion

ADJ.

familiar, firm, home

I was on more familiar ground now that we were talking about our own system.

| dangerous, shaky

Legally, we're on very shaky ground (= our actions may not be legal).

| safe | common

Both parties in the debate shared some common ground.

VERB + GROUND

cover, go over

Several researchers have published articles covering this ground. We just seem to be going over the same ground that we covered last year.

PREP.

on … ~

He knew he was on dangerous ground talking about money.

PHRASES

break new ground

Her architectural designs have broken new ground.

⁶ grounds: reason for sth

ADJ.

good, reasonable, sufficient, valid

VERB + GROUND

have

The constable had reasonable grounds for arresting her.

| give (sb)

His evasiveness gave grounds for the suspicion that he knew more than he was saying.

PREP.

on … ~s

Permission to open a mine was denied on environmental grounds.

| on the ~s of

He resigned from his post on the grounds of ill-health.

| ~ for

Drunkenness at work was sufficient grounds for instant dismissal.

ADV.

firmly

His book is firmly grounded in memories of his own childhood.

Concise English dictionary

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grounds|grounded|groundinggraʊnd
noun
+the solid part of the earth's surface
+a rational motive for a belief or action
+the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
+a relation that provides the foundation for something
+a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)
+the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
+material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
+a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
+a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
+(art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
+the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
verb
+fix firmly and stably
+confine or restrict to the ground
+place or put on the ground
+instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
+bring to the ground
+hit or reach the ground
+throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
+hit a groundball
+hit onto the ground
+cover with a primer; apply a primer to
+connect to a ground
+use as a basis for; found on
ground|grinds|grindinggraɪnd
noun
+an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively
+hard monotonous routine work
+the act of grinding to a powder or dust
verb
+press or grind with a crunching noise
+make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
+reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
+work hard
+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
+created by grinding
+shape or form by grinding

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