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# groundsman

«groundsman» in Mova's school dictionary: **to look after a sports field, park or school grounds:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a groundsman, groundsmen) — (UK)

### meaning for a pupil

(UK) A person whose job is to look after a sports field, park or school grounds: cutting grass, marking lines, caring for the pitch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groundsman/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In UK schools and sports clubs, the groundsman mows the playing fields and paints lines. Cricket groundsmen prepare the pitch. In the USA a similar job is «groundskeeper».

### examples

- The groundsman mowed the football pitch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groundsman/#x1)
- Ask the groundsman before you go on the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groundsman/#x2)
- The groundsman marked the running track. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groundsman/#x3)
- Cricket groundsmen roll the pitch flat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groundsman/#x4)
- The groundsman was cross about the muddy footprints. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groundsman/#x5)
- Our school groundsman plants the flower beds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groundsman/#x6)

### note

Plural: groundsmen. Gender-neutral: groundskeeper, grounds person.

### Trees and pragmatics

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