ground
See {grind}
Source: WordNet® 2.0
grind
n 1: an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected
or studying excessively [syn: {swot}, {nerd}, {wonk}, {dweeb}]
2: hard monotonous routine work [syn: {drudgery}, {plodding}, {donkeywork}]
3: the act of grinding to a powder or dust [syn: {mill}, {pulverization},
{pulverisation}]
v 1: press or grind with a crunching noise [syn: {crunch}, {cranch},
{craunch}]
2: make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate
one's teeth in anger" [syn: {grate}]
3: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
"grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn: {mash},
{crunch}, {bray}, {comminute}]
4: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework";
"Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: {labor}, {labour},
{toil}, {fag}, {travail}, {drudge}, {dig}, {moil}]
5: 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
[also: {ground}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0
ground
adj : broken or pounded into small fragments; used of e.g. ore or
stone; "paved with crushed bluestone"; "ground glass is
used as an abrasive" [syn: {crushed}]
n 1: the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned
away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth
shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the
ground" [syn: {land}, {dry land}, {earth}, {solid ground},
{terra firma}]
2: a rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that
war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration"
[syn: {reason}]
3: the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the
land surface; "they dug into the earth outside the church"
[syn: {earth}]
4: a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they
were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim
basis" [syn: {footing}, {basis}]
5: a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in
battle); "they gained ground step by step"; "they fought
to regain the lost ground"
6: the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in
the foreground; "he posed her against a background of
rolling hills" [syn: {background}]
7: material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in
which plants can grow (especially with reference to its
quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good
agricultural soil" [syn: {land}, {soil}]
8: a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the
figure on which attention is focused [ant: {figure}]
9: a connection between an electrical device and the earth
(which is a zero voltage) [syn: {earth}]
10: (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the
paint for a painting
11: the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a
surface [syn: {flat coat}, {primer}, {priming}, {primer
coat}, {priming coat}, {undercoat}]
v 1: fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete"
[syn: {anchor}]
2: confine or restrict to the ground; "After the accident, they
grounded the plane and the pilot"
3: place or put on the ground
4: instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
5: bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship" [syn: {run
aground}]
6: hit or reach the ground [syn: {run aground}]
7: throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being
tackled behind the line of scrimmage
8: hit a groundball; "he grounded to the second baseman"
9: hit onto the ground
10: cover with a primer; apply a primer to [syn: {prime}, {undercoat}]
11: connect to a ground; "ground the electrical connections for
safety reasons"
12: use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some
observation" [syn: {establish}, {base}, {found}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0
