ground
- noun
- /ɡraʊnd/
- I love to walk barefoot on the ground in the summer.
- fertile ground
- bare ground
- ground cover
Ban is the view from the ground from beneath the ground.
- Ban is the view from the ground from beneath the ground.
- So his foot hits the ground, his face changed.
- So your boots on the ground, Afghanistan, What year?
- Hey, don't throw that on the ground, OK?
- Low back still on the ground, leg down, chest down.
Examples
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I could feel the ground under my feet again.
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There are people on the ground all the time.
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The colony is growing and needs more ground for vegetables.
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Again, he stares at the ground as he formulates what he wants to say.
Academic text (2011) -
I dug my bare toes into the ground, my eyes half shut in exhaustion.
Academic text (2012) -
The gardener tested the ground to see if it was ready for planting.
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Don't litter; please keep the ground clean and tidy.
Synonyms
An area of ground used for farming, building, or as a country
Top layer of the ground made of soil and small rocks
The ground or soil under your feet
Top layer of the ground where plants grow
A piece of land with features like hills, rocks, or flat ground
An area of land set aside for a specific use like a cemetery or park
The solid ground on Earth that is not under the sea
The upper layer of soil rich in nutrients where most plants grow roots
Firm land you can stand on instead of water
Solid dry land that is not the sea or air
An area of land used for something, like a garden or park
A small piece of land used for growing plants
The top layer of ground that has the most plant food
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Make a person or company exhausted to the point of ruin by pushing them too hard
Treat a holy place like a temple with disrespect by damaging or polluting it
- Informal
To pay close attention to what people say and do to know what is happening
To admire someone too much and ignore their faults
Compounds
The place in New York City where the World Trade Center was before the 2001 terrorist attacks
- NSFW
A law allowing someone to use force, even deadly force, without first trying to leave when threatened
A place where things start and grow, often causing trouble like crime or fake news
A place where animals go to mate and raise young or where problems start and grow
- Specialized
Used from a plane to attack or send messages to targets on the ground
A place where a person, group, or animal feels most comfortable, often a team's regular field
- Specialized
A slow burn in the layer of dead leaves and wood under the soil, often without visible flames
- US
A very large extinct mammal with long claws that lived on land in the Americas long ago
- Specialized
A plane gets extra upward lift and less air resistance when it flies very close to the ground
A shiny black or metallic beetle that lives on the ground and eats harmful insects
- Specialized
Frozen water below the ground that forms when water in soil freezes in very cold places
- Specialized
A way to see tiny things under a microscope as bright shapes on a dark background
A slow hard-bodied black beetle that lives on the ground whose young eat rotting plants or stored grain
- Specialized
A small garden plant with round yellow berries inside a papery husk
A small reddish-grey snake in eastern North America that burrows under leaves and soil
A large squirrel that lives in burrows in far northern North America and hibernates for many months
- Specialized
A large Arctic deer that lives on the tundra and migrates long distances
A small brown animal with black stripes on its back that lives on the ground in western North America
- Archaic
A low plant like mint that spreads across the ground with round leaves and small purple flowers
- Jargon
A ball hit on the ground that moves unexpectedly and is hard to field
A low plant with long creeping stems and upright branches that looks like a small pine tree
How Solid
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ground comes from an old English word grund that meant 'bottom' or 'foundation', so it originally named the earth under your feet and now means the soil or land you walk on.