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grounds en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ɡɹʊndz/ (Northumbria)
• /ɡɹaʊndz/
• (US) audio

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

1. (form-of, plural) plural of ground
   form of ground

grounds en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ɡɹʊndz/ (Northumbria)
• /ɡɹaʊndz/
• (US) audio

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of ground
   form of ground

grounds en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ɡɹʊndz/ (Northumbria)
• /ɡɹaʊndz/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From ground (“basis, surroundings”).

Meanings

1. Basis or justification for something.
   • grounds for divorce
   • There was, however, one proposal which, had it reached fruition, might have had far-reaching effects. This was for the amalgamation of the Caledonian, the Edinburgh & Glasgow, and the Scottish Central Railways, for which a Bill was promoted, but rejected by the Parliamentary Committee on the grounds that the preamble was not proved. 1960 January 14, M. D. Greville, “Scottish Railways in 1860”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:
2. The collective land areas that compose a larger area.
   • the castle grounds
   • House Prees and Bloods […] were everywhere to be seen in earnest colloquy. For the matter was, that there was some sort of night-prowler about the school grounds. 1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:

Forms

Deriveds

groundsman · fairgrounds · groundskeeper · groundskeeping · stomping grounds · groundswoman · Archgrounds · grounds officer

Translations (32)

de Rechtfertigung (basis or justification for something) · ru обоснова́ние (basis or justification for something) · uk підста́ва (basis or justification for something) · mi papawhenua (area of land) · uk обґрунтува́ння (basis or justification for something) · ru основа́ние (basis or justification for something) · mi papa (basis or justification for something) · ca terreny (area of land) · ca motiu (basis or justification for something) · ca fundamento (basis or justification for something) · fr raison (basis or justification for something) · ca raó (basis or justification for something) · de Grund (basis or justification for something) · es terreno (area of land) · pl uzasadnienie (basis or justification for something) · pt terreno (area of land) · io tereno (area of land) · nl terrein (area of land) · io kazuko (basis or justification for something) · fr motif (basis or justification for something) · io fundamento (basis or justification for something) · pl ziemie (area of land) · fi tilus (area of land) · io motivo (basis or justification for something) · az əsas (basis or justification for something) · pl tereny (area of land) · nl omgeving (area of land) · es causal (basis or justification for something) · ca causa (basis or justification for something) · mi rawa (basis or justification for something) · pl podstawy (basis or justification for something) · es fundamento (basis or justification for something)

grounds en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /ɡɹʊndz/ (Northumbria)
• /ɡɹaʊndz/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From ground, past participle of to grind.

Meanings

1. (plural, plural-only) The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.
   • coffee grounds

Translations (15)

el κατακάθι (sediment at the bottom of a liquid) · ca marro (sediment at the bottom of a liquid) · gl borra (sediment at the bottom of a liquid) · ga dríodar caife (sediment at the bottom of a liquid) · pl osad (sediment at the bottom of a liquid) · ota تلوه (sediment at the bottom of a liquid) · cy gwaddod (sediment at the bottom of a liquid) · fr marc (sediment at the bottom of a liquid) · es hez (sediment at the bottom of a liquid) · pl fusy (sediment at the bottom of a liquid) · nv bitłʼááshjání (sediment at the bottom of a liquid) · de Satz (sediment at the bottom of a liquid) · es poso (sediment at the bottom of a liquid) · es concho (sediment at the bottom of a liquid) · hu üledék (sediment at the bottom of a liquid)