grounds

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹaʊndz/

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• Rhymes: -aʊndz
• Hyphenation: grounds

Etymology 1

Noun

grounds

1. plural of ground

Verb

grounds

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ground

Etymology 2

From ground (“basis, surroundings”).

Noun

grounds (plural grounds)

1. (law) Basis or justification for something.

   grounds for divorce

2. The collective land areas that compose a larger area.

   the castle grounds

   • 1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days‎:

     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.

Derived terms

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

Translations

basis or justification for something

Azerbaijani: əsas (az) Catalan: raó (ca) f, causa (ca), motiu (ca) m, fundamento (ca) French: raison (fr) f, motif (fr) m German: Grund (de) m, Rechtfertigung (de) f Ido: kazuko, motivo (io), fundamento (io) Maori: papa, rawa Russian: основа́ние (ru) n (osnovánije), обоснова́ние (ru) n (obosnovánije) Spanish: causal (es) m or f, razón (es) f, causa (es) f, motivo (es) m, fundamento (es) m Ukrainian: підста́ва f (pidstáva), обґрунтува́ння n (obgruntuvánnja)

area of land

Catalan: terreny (ca) m Dutch: terrein (nl), omgeving (nl) Finnish: tilus (fi) Ido: tereno (io) Maori: papawhenua Portuguese: terreno (pt) m Spanish: terreno (es) m

Etymology 3

From ground, past participle of to grind.

Noun

grounds pl (plural only)

1. The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.

   coffee grounds

Translations

sediment at the bottom of a liquid

Catalan: marro (ca) m French: marc (fr) m Galician: borra (gl) f German: Satz (de) m Greek: κατακάθι (el) n (katakáthi) Hungarian: üledék (hu) Irish: dríodar caife m (coffee) Navajo: bitłʼááshjání Ottoman Turkish: تلوه (telve) Polish: osad (pl) m, (of a coffee or tea) fusy (pl) pl Spanish: concho (es) m, poso (es) m, hez (es) f Welsh: gwaddod m

Anagrams

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