Definition of ground

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Ground (v. i.) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed; as, the ship grounded on the bar..

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Valenciennes Lace :: Valenciennes lace () A rich kind of lace made at Valenciennes, in France. Each piece is made throughout, ground and pattern, by the same person and with the same thread, the pattern being worked in the net..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard..
Reason :: Reason (n.) A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation; the efficient cause of an occurrence or a phenomenon; a motive for an action or a determination; proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a conclusion; principle; efficient cause; final cause; ground of argument..
Chewink :: Chewink (n.) An american bird (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) of the Finch family, so called from its note; -- called also towhee bunting and ground robin..
Run :: Run (n.) A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run..
Hypocrystalline :: Hypocrystalline (a.) Partly crystalline; -- said of rock which consists of crystals imbedded in a glassy ground mass.
Ground :: Ground (n.) A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the earth.
Ground :: Ground (n.) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
Groundnut :: Groundnut (n.) A leguminous, twining plant (Apios tuberosa), producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste..
Deterration :: Deterration (n.) The uncovering of anything buried or covered with earth; a taking out of the earth or ground.
Pile :: Pile (n.) A large stake, or piece of timber, pointed and driven into the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground is soft, for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc..
Multure :: Multure (n.) A grist or grinding; the grain ground.
Page :: Page (n.) A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground..
Humicubation :: Humicubation (n.) The act or practice of lying on the ground.
Superterrene :: Superterranean (a.) Being above ground.
Bench :: Bench (n.) A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river..
A- :: A- () A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofd/ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English
Vale :: Vale (n.) A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley..
Background :: Background (n.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.
Terrene :: Terrene (n.) The surface of the ground.
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