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groundfish
  • n  fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder)
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groundhog day
  • n  if the ground hog emerges and sees his shadow on this day, there will be 6 more weeks of winter
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grounding
  • n  education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
    a good grounding in mathematics
  • n  fastening electrical equipment to earth
  • v  fix firmly and stably
  • v  confine or restrict to the ground
  • v  place or put on the ground
  • v  instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
  • v  bring to the ground
  • v  hit or reach the ground
  • v  throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
  • v  hit a groundball
  • v  hit onto the ground
  • v  cover with a primer; apply a primer to
  • v  connect to a ground
  • v  use as a basis for; found on
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groundkeeper
  • n  someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)
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groundlessness
  • n  the quality of lacking substance or value
    the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized
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groundling
  • n  in Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section
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groundmass
  • n  (geology) the matrix of fine-grained crystalline material in which larger crystals are embedded
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groundnut
  • n  a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans
  • n  nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans
  • n  pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
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groundnut oil
  • n  an oil from peanuts; used in cooking and making soap
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groundnut vine
  • n  a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans
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group centrospermae
  • n  used in former classification systems; approximately synonymous with order Caryophyllales
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grounds
  • n  your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
  • n  the enclosed land around a house or other building
  • n  a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
  • n  a justification for something existing or happening
  • n  dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue
    it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds
  • n  the solid part of the earth's surface
  • n  a rational motive for a belief or action
    the grounds for their declaration
  • n  the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
  • n  a relation that provides the foundation for something
  • n  a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)
  • n  the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
  • n  material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
  • n  a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
  • n  a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
  • n  (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
  • n  the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
  • v  fix firmly and stably
  • v  confine or restrict to the ground
  • v  place or put on the ground
  • v  instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
  • v  bring to the ground
  • v  hit or reach the ground
  • v  throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
  • v  hit a groundball
  • v  hit onto the ground
  • v  cover with a primer; apply a primer to
  • v  connect to a ground
  • v  use as a basis for; found on
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