ground

ground has 46 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• imp. & p. p.. of Grind
• n.. The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or some indefinite portion of it.
• n.. A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the earth.
• n.. Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region; territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground.
• n.. Land; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens, lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the grounds of the estate are well kept.
• n.. The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope.
• n.. That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a white ground.
• n.. In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
• n.. In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground. See Brussels lace, under Brussels.
• n.. A gummy composition spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
• n.. One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; -- usually in the plural.
• n.. A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.