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Grounds

//ɡɹaʊndz// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of ground form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Basis or justification for something.

    "grounds for divorce"

  3. 3
    The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered. plural, plural-only

    "coffee grounds"

  4. 4
    the enclosed land around a house or other building wordnet
  5. 5
    The collective land areas that compose a larger area.

    "the castle grounds"

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  1. 6
    your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief wordnet
  2. 7
    a justification for something existing or happening wordnet
  3. 8
    a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.) wordnet
  4. 9
    dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of ground form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Etymology 1

From ground (“basis, surroundings”).

Etymology 2

From ground, past participle of to grind.

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