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# ground

«ground» in Mova's school dictionary: **The surface of the Earth that you stand on** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (ground, grounds); verb (ground, grounds, grounded); also past of grind (grind, ground)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The surface of the Earth that you stand on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ground/#m1)

2) Soil, earth: "The ground is hard." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ground/#m2)

3) An area of land used for something: "playground", "sports ground". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ground/#m3)

4) A reason: "on the grounds that". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ground/#m4)

5) As a verb, to keep a child at home as punishment or to keep a plane from flying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ground/#m5)

6) Past of "grind": "ground coffee". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ground/#m6)

7) To cover ground means to travel a long way quickly or to make good progress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ground/#m7)

### sense in the lessons

In science, the ground is soil and rock; water soaks into the ground. In safety: the ground can be slippery or hot; in a fire stay close to the ground under the smoke; in an earthquake drop to the ground. Phrases: on the ground, ground floor, playground, underground, stand your ground, gain ground.

### examples

- The ball fell to the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ground/#x1)
- The ground is wet after the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ground/#x2)
- We play in the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ground/#x3)
- Crawl along the ground under the smoke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ground/#x4)
- Our flat is on the ground floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ground/#x5)
- Seeds grow in the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ground/#x6)
- He was grounded for a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ground/#x7)
- Mum bought ground pepper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ground/#x8)
- “He covers the ground,” said another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ground/#x9)

### note

"Ground floor" (British) = "first floor" (American). "Ground" as past of "grind" is a different word. Electric "ground" in America = "earth" in Britain.

### In the corpora

- [Snakes push their bodies against bumps on the ground to move, and pythons still have tiny leg bones left from ancestors with legs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/30-snakes-and-lizards/12/)
- [New Zealand had no ground-hunting mammals before people came, so birds like the kiwi and kakapo did not need to fly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/79-animals-of-australia-and-new-zealand/10/)
- [Sifakas are lemurs built for leaping between trees, so on the ground they bounce sideways with their arms up, like dancers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/86-monkey-house-and-lemurs-of-madagascar/15/)
- [Snakes have no outer ears and hear little of sounds in the air, but they feel vibrations through the ground and their jaws.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/87-reptile-house-snakes/10/)
- [Jackrabbits are hares; hares are bigger than rabbits, with longer ears and legs, and live above ground in nests in grass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ground» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ground/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.