Qué es ground?
Qué es ground?
- The solid surface of the earth.
- The floor of a body of water, especially the sea.
- Soil; earth: level the ground for a lawn.
- An area of land designated for a particular purpose. Often used in the plural: a burial ground; parade grounds.
- The land surrounding or forming part of a house or another building. Often used in the plural: a guesthouse on the grounds of the mansion.
- An area or a position that is contested in or as if in battle: The soldiers held their ground against the enemy. Character witnesses helped the defendant stand her ground in the trial.
- Something that serves as a foundation or means of attachment for something else: a ground of white paint under the mural.
- A surrounding area; a background.
- The foundation for an argument, a belief, or an action; a basis. Often used in the plural.
- The underlying condition prompting an action; a cause. Often used in the plural: grounds for suspicion; a ground for divorce. See Synonyms at base1.
- An area of reference or discussion; a subject: The professor covered new ground in every lecture.
- The sediment at or from the bottom of a liquid: coffee grounds.
- Electricity A large conducting body, such as the earth or an electric circuit connected to the earth, used as an arbitrary zero of potential.
- Electricity A conducting object, such as a wire, that is connected to such a position of zero potential.
- To place on or cause to touch the ground.
- To provide a basis for (a theory, for example); justify.
- To supply with basic information; instruct in fundamentals.
- To prevent (an aircraft or a pilot) from flying.
- Informal To restrict (someone) especially to a certain place as a punishment.
- Electricity To connect (an electric circuit) to a ground.
- Nautical To run (a vessel) aground.
- Baseball To hit (a ball) onto the ground.
- Football To throw (a ball) to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage.
- To touch or reach the ground.
- Baseball To hit a ground ball: grounded to the second baseman.