grounde

Noun

ground (countable and uncountable, plural grounds)

1. The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
   • Look, I found a ten dollar bill on the ground!
2. (uncountable) Terrain.
   • As the terrain-following radar scans the ground ahead of the aircraft the actual clearance height is measured by the radio altimeter.1971, “The development of terrain following radar: an account of the progress made with an airborne guidance system for low flying military aircraft”, in Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
3. Soil, earth.
   • The worm crawls through the ground.
4. (countable) The bottom of a body of water.
5. Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
   • Wyth cry unreverent,
     Before the sacrament,
     Wythin the holy church bowndis,
     That of our fayth the grownd is.c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 11–14
6. (in plural) Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
   • You will need to show good grounds for your action.

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