ground

From Wiktionary

[change] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'gɹaʊnd/
• SAMPA: /"graUnd/
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[change] Noun

Singular ground

Plural none

1. The ground is what you stand or sit on when you are outside.

   I ran out of the house and fell on the ground.

[change] Verb

Plain form grind

Third-person singular grinds

Past tense ground

Past participle ground

Present participle grinding

1. ground is the past tense and past participle of grind

Plain form ground

Third-person singular grounds

Past tense grounded

Past participle grounded

Present participle grounding

1. (transitive) If you ground someone or something, you stop them from flying.

   The plane had been grounded because of the blizzard.