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General dictionaries General (36 matching dictionaries)
  1. ground, the ground: Merriam-Webster.com [home, info]
  2. ground, ground: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries [home, info]
  3. ground, ground: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  4. ground: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
  5. ground: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
  6. ground, ground, ground: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
  7. ground: Wiktionary [home, info]
  8. ground: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  9. ground: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  10. ground: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  11. ground: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  12. ground: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  13. Ground, ground: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  14. ground: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  15. ground: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms [home, info]
  16. Ground (Dzogchen), Ground (acid or mordant resist), Ground (cricket), Ground (electrical), Ground (electricity), Ground (power), Ground (unit), Ground, The Ground: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  17. Ground: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  18. ground: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  19. ground: Rhymezone [home, info]
  20. ground: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  21. ground: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  22. Ground (Electrical): American-Britih Dictionary [home, info]
  23. ground: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms [home, info]
  24. Ground: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) [home, info]
  25. ground: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  26. ground: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
  27. ground: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]
  28. the ground: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
  29. ground: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
  30. ground: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  31. ground: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  32. ground: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  33. Ground, ground: Wordnik [home, info]
  34. ground: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]

Art dictionaries Art (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. ground: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology [home, info]
  2. ground: Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary [home, info]
  3. ground: Literary Criticism [home, info]
  4. Ground: SimplyTheBest Music Glossary [home, info]
  5. GROUND: Glossary of Art Terms [home, info]

Business dictionaries Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. ground: Glossary of Legal Terms [home, info]
  2. Ground: Construction Term Glossary [home, info]
  3. Ground (disambiguation), ground: Legal dictionary [home, info]
  4. ground: Financial dictionary [home, info]
  5. ground: BusinessDictionary.com [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. ground: CCI Computer [home, info]
  2. ground: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary [home, info]
  3. ground: I T Glossary [home, info]
  4. Ground (disambiguation), Ground (electricity), ground: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine dictionaries Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ground: online medical dictionary [home, info]
  2. Ground (disambiguation), Ground (electricity), ground: Medical dictionary [home, info]

Miscellaneous dictionaries Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. ground: Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols [home, info]
  2. Ground: Brilliant Dream Dictionary [home, info]
  3. ground: Idioms [home, info]

Science dictionaries Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ground: LITHICS-NET's Glossary of Lithics Terminology [home, info]
  2. ground: Anthropology dictionary [home, info]
  3. ground: How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement [home, info]

Slang dictionaries Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ground, the ground: Urban Dictionary [home, info]

Tech dictionaries Tech (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. ground: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary [home, info]
  2. ground: Electronics [home, info]
  3. Ground: AUTOMOTIVE TERMS [home, info]
  4. Ground: Data Acquisition [home, info]
  5. ground: Rane Professional Audio Reference [home, info]
  6. ground: SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language [home, info]
  7. Ground: Sweetwater Music [home, info]
  8. Ground: Latitude Mexico [home, info]
  9. GROUND: Power Engineering [home, info]
  10. Ground: Electrical Engineering Glossary [home, info]
  11. GROUND: Lake and Water Word Glossary [home, info]
  12. Ground: Glossary of Energy Terms [home, info]

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Quick definitions from WordNet (ground)

noun:  (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
noun:  a connection between an electrical device and the earth (which is a zero voltage)
noun:  a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
noun:  a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle) ("They gained ground step by step")
noun:  the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
noun:  the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground ("He posed her against a background of rolling hills")
noun:  a rational motive for a belief or action ("The grounds for their declaration")
noun:  material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
noun:  the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
noun:  a relation that provides the foundation for something
noun:  the solid part of the earth's surface ("He dropped the logs on the ground")
verb:  instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
verb:  connect to a ground ("Ground the electrical connections for safety reasons")
verb:  hit onto the ground
verb:  hit a groundball ("He grounded to the second baseman")
verb:  throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
verb:  place or put on the ground
verb:  confine or restrict to the ground ("After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot")
verb:  hit or reach the ground
verb:  bring to the ground ("The storm grounded the ship")
verb:  fix firmly and stably
verb:  cover with a primer; apply a primer to
verb:  use as a basis for; found on
adjective:  broken or pounded into small fragments; used of e.g. ore or stone ("Ground glass is used as an abrasive")
name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #33715)

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