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See also milled." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Alternative_forms", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "GND (contraction used in electronics)" } ] }, { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.\nLook, I found a ten dollar bill on the ground!" }, { "mean": "(uncountable) Terrain." }, { "mean": "Soil, earth.\nThe worm crawls through the ground." }, { "mean": "(countable) The bottom of a body of water." }, { "mean": "Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork." }, { "mean": "(chiefly in the plural) Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.\nYou will need to show good grounds for your action.\nHe could not come on grounds of health, or on health grounds." }, { "mean": "Background, context, framework, surroundings." }, { "mean": "(historical) The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, \"to give ground\" or \"to gain ground\"." }, { "mean": "(figurative, by extension) Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse." }, { "mean": "The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.\ncrimson flowers on a white ground" }, { "mean": "(sculpture) A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief." }, { "mean": "(point lace) The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.\nBrussels ground" }, { "mean": "(etching) A gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle." }, { "mean": "(architecture, chiefly in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.\nGrounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them." }, { "mean": "(countable) A soccer stadium.\nManchester United's ground is known as Old Trafford." }, { "mean": "(electricity, Canada and US) An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis)." }, { "mean": "(countable, cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground)." }, { "mean": "(music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody." }, { "mean": "(music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song." }, { "mean": "The pit of a theatre." } ] }, { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.\nSynonym: earth" }, { "mean": "(transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.\nSynonym: gate\nIf you don't clean your room, I'll have no choice but to ground you.\nEric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night!\nMy kids are currently grounded from television." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.\nBecause of the bad weather, all flights were grounded." }, { "mean": "To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.\nJim was grounded in maths." }, { "mean": "(baseball) To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb)." }, { "mean": "To place something on the ground." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.\nThe ship grounded on the bar." }, { "mean": "To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly." }, { "mean": "(fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament." }, { "mean": "To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.\nI ground myself with meditation." } ] }, { "name": "Verb_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "simple past tense and past participle of grind\nI ground the coffee up nicely." } ] }, { "name": "Adjective", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Crushed, or reduced to small particles.\nSynonym: milled\nground mustard seed" }, { "mean": "Processed by grinding.\nlenses of ground glass" } ] }, { "name": "Descendants", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "→ Tok Pisin: graun.mw-parser-output .desc-arr{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .desc-arr{font-size:.7em;vertical-align:super}" } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "", "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "대체_양식", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "형용사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "후예", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] } ] }, "synonyms": { "org": [ "(electricity) earth (British)" ], "kor": [ "" ] } } }