ground – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
ground
v.
set on the ground; found, establish; teach someone the basics; attach to the earth (about an electrical conductor); punish a child by sending the child to his/her room, punish a teenage by not permitting him/her to go out or give up certain privileges, confine to the house or to one's room by a parent as a punishment (usually of teenagers and kids); forbid a pilot or a plane to fly
adj.
on or near the ground; broken into fine particles; shaped by grinding
n.
soil; earth; bottom; bottom of a body of water; field, area; base, foundation, groundwork; background, setting, context, surroundings; (Electricity- used in Canada and US) electrical conductor attached to the ground
grind
v.
crush, break up into small particles; be reduced to powder; sharpen; scrape, rub together harshly; make a harsh grinding sound; crush, oppress; operate by rotating a crank; work hard, study hard
Ground
Ground may refer to:
- The Earth's surface
- Soil, a mixture of clay, sand and organic matter present on the surface of the Earth and serving as substrate for plant growth and micro-organisms development
- Ground, in electrical engineering, something that is connected to the Earth or at the voltage defined as zero (in the U.S., called ground; in the UK, called earth):
- Ground (often grounds), in law, a rational motive or basis for a belief, conviction, or action taken, such as a legal action or argument:
- Common ground, in communication, people sharing some common understanding
- Coffee grounds, ground coffee beans
- Socially grounded argument—in philosophy, arguments that take social conditions as their starting point
- Ground bass, in music, a bass part that continually repeats, while the melody and harmony over it change
- Ground tissue, one of the three types of tissue systems in a plant
- Ground term, in symbolic logic, a term with no variables
- Ground surface, often on metals, created by various grinding operations
- Football stadium
- Ground (unit), a unit of area used in India
- The Ground, a 2005 album by Norwegian jazz pianist Tord Gustavsen
ground
Noun
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"
(synonym) land, dry land, earth, solid ground, terra firma
(hypernym) object, physical object
(hyponym) America, the Americas
(part-holonym) Earth, world, globe
2. a rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration"
(synonym) reason
(hypernym) rational motive
(hyponym) occasion
(derivation) establish, base, found
3. the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface; "they dug into the earth outside the church"
(synonym) earth
(hypernym) material, stuff
(hyponym) moraine
4. a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"
(synonym) footing, basis
(hypernym) foundation
(hyponym) common ground
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"
(hypernym) military position, position
6. the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
(synonym) background
(hypernym) view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama
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"
(synonym) land, soil
(hypernym) object, physical object
(hyponym) badlands
8. a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
(antonym) figure
(hypernym) percept, perception, perceptual experience
9. a connection between an electrical device and the earth (which is a zero voltage)
(synonym) earth
(hypernym) connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
10. (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
(hypernym) surface
(classification) art, artistic creation, artistic production
11. the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
(synonym) flat coat, primer, priming, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat
(hypernym) coat of paint
(hyponym) couch
(derivation) prime, undercoat
Verb
1. fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete"
(synonym) anchor
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
2. confine or restrict to the ground; "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot"
(hypernym) restrain, confine, hold
(derivation) land, dry land, earth, solid ground, terra firma
3. place or put on the ground
(hypernym) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
(derivation) land, dry land, earth, solid ground, terra firma
4. instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
(hypernym) teach, learn, instruct
5. bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship"
(synonym) run aground
(hypernym) land
(cause) run aground
(derivation) land, dry land, earth, solid ground, terra firma
6. hit or reach the ground
(synonym) run aground
(hypernym) reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
(derivation) land, dry land, earth, solid ground, terra firma
7. throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
(hypernym) throw
(derivation) land, dry land, earth, solid ground, terra firma
(classification) football, football game
8. hit a groundball; "he grounded to the second baseman"
(hypernym) hit
(derivation) grounder, ground ball, groundball, hopper
(classification) baseball, baseball game, ball
9. hit onto the ground
(hypernym) hit
(derivation) land, dry land, earth, solid ground, terra firma
(classification) baseball, baseball game, ball
10. cover with a primer; apply a primer to
(synonym) prime, undercoat
(hypernym) paint
(derivation) flat coat, primer, priming, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat
11. connect to a ground; "ground the electrical connections for safety reasons"
(hypernym) connect, link, tie, link up
(hyponym) earth
(derivation) earth
12. use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"
(synonym) establish, base, found
(hyponym) build
(derivation) reason
Adjective
1. broken or pounded into small fragments; used of e.g. ore or stone; "paved with crushed bluestone"; "ground glass is used as an abrasive"
(synonym) crushed
(similar) broken
grind
Noun
1. an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively
(synonym) swot, nerd, wonk, dweeb
(hypernym) learner, scholar, assimilator
(derivation) labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, drudge, dig, moil
2. hard monotonous routine work
(synonym) drudgery, plodding, donkeywork
(hypernym) labor, labour, toil
(derivation) labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, drudge, dig, moil
3. the act of grinding to a powder or dust
(synonym) mill, pulverization, pulverisation
(hypernym) crush, crunch, compaction
(derivation) mash, crunch, bray, comminute
Verb
1. press or grind with a crunching noise
(synonym) crunch, cranch, craunch
(hypernym) press
(see-also) tyrannize, tyrannise, grind down
(derivation) mill, pulverization, pulverisation
2. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"
(synonym) grate
(hypernym) break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
(hyponym) gnash
(entail) rub
(derivation) mill, pulverization, pulverisation
3. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
(synonym) mash, crunch, bray, comminute
(hypernym) break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
(hyponym) pulp
(derivation) mill, pulverization, pulverisation
4. work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
(synonym) labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, drudge, dig, moil
(hypernym) work, do work
(derivation) swot, nerd, wonk, dweeb
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
(hypernym) dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
ground
v.
nepovolit start; udělit domácí vězení; objevit co; zavést nové metody jednání
příd.jm.
okolní, přiléhající pozemek; pozemní; mleté
n.
země; půda; terén; uzemnit; látka; téma; důvod
grind
v.
mlít; rozmělnit; naostřit; brousit; zanést; zatlačit; vrzat; zvolna se zastavit; zamáčkl
ground
Czas.
unieruchamiać; uziemiać; zabronić dziecku wychodzenia z kolegami itp.; ugruntować
Przym.
zmielony
grind
Czas.
mleć; ostrzyć; szlifować; wciskać; wcierać; dręczyć; zgrzytać; utknąć w martwym punkcie
