The solid part of the earth's surface. Synonyms:dry land, earth, land, solid ground, terra firma."The earth shook for several minutes" , "He dropped the logs on the ground"
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A rational motive for a belief or action. Synonym:reason."The grounds for their declaration"
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The loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface. Synonym:earth.
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A relation that provides the foundation for something. Synonyms:basis, footing."He worked on an interim basis"
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A position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle). "They fought to regain the lost ground"
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The part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground. Synonym:background.
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Material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use). Synonyms:land, soil."Good agricultural soil"
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A relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused. Antonym:figure.
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A connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage). Synonym:earth.
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(art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting.
... earn. "I mean all I've said, and more, too! Go! go to Sillbrook's! Ask him to show you the overcoat he's wearin'. I saw it yesterday, and yours wasn't a circumstance to it! Go! Give him every penny you've got! He needs it!" with a bitter little laugh. "His children's feet are all out on the ground, and his wife hasn't a decent dress to her name," with a glance at her faded calico gown. "Help him all you can, Amos Derby, ... — Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 - A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside • Various Read full book for free!
... would warn the teacher that he had lost his hold upon his scholar. Then he had but to bring out the old romance book from the priory, with befingered cover of sheepskin and gold letters upon a purple ground, to entice her wayward mind back to ... — The White Company • Arthur Conan Doyle Read full book for free!
... us a hint, at least, of the answer to that most perplexing of all questions, Why was evil ever permitted to disturb the harmony and mar the beauty of God's primal creation, defile heaven itself, fill earth with corruption and violence, and still exist even in eternity? Ah, we tread on ground here where we need to be completely self-distrustful, and to cleave with absolute confidence and dependence to the ... — Old Groans and New Songs - Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes • F. C. Jennings Read full book for free!
... indite us Or drag us to Goldsmith Hall, No pirates or wrecks can affright us. We that have no estates Fear no plunder or rates, Nor care to lock gates. He that lies on the ground cannot fall!" ... — Micah Clarke - His Statement as made to his three Grandchildren Joseph, - Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 • Arthur Conan Doyle Read full book for free!
... kind of scenery in question; and I cannot calculate on this being often the case, for few persons ever look at any near detail closely, and perhaps least of all at the heaps of debris which so often seem to encumber and disfigure mountain ground. But for the various reasons just stated (Sec. 7), Turner found more material for his power, and more excitement to his invention, among the fallen stones than in the highest summits of mountains; and his early designs, among their thousand excellences and singularities, as opposed ... — Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) • John Ruskin Read full book for free!