grounds

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Noun

Singular ground

Plural grounds

The grounds of a castle

1. The plural form of ground; more than one (kind of) ground.
2. (plural only, law) The grounds for something is the basis of it.
3. (plural only) The grounds of a place is a group of areas of land that make up a larger area of land.

   Please enjoy yourselves on the grounds of the castle.

Verb

Plain form ground

Third-person singular grounds

Past tense grounded

Past participle grounded

Present participle grounding

1. The third-person singular form of ground.

   My mom only grounds me if I fail a class.