Found 4 items, similar to Ground.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: ground tanah
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: ground alasan, arde, membumikan, tanah
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ground ground See grind grind n 1: an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively [syn: swot, nerd, wonk, dweeb] 2: hard monotonous routine work [syn: drudgery, plodding, donkeywork] 3: the act of grinding to a powder or dust [syn: mill, pulverization, pulverisation] [also: ground] grind v 1: press or grind with a crunching noise [syn: crunch, cranch, craunch] 2: make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; “grate one's teeth in anger” [syn: grate] 3: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; “grind the spices in a mortar”; “mash the garlic” [syn: mash, crunch, bray, comminute] 4: work hard; “She was digging away at her math homework”; “Lexicographers drudge all day long” [syn: labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, drudge, dig, moil] 5: dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced [also: ground] ground adj : broken or pounded into small fragments; used of e.g. ore or stone; “paved with crushed bluestone”; “ground glass is used as an abrasive” [syn: crushed] ground n 1: the solid part of the earth's surface; “the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land”; “the earth shook for several minutes”; “he dropped the logs on the ground” [syn: land, dry land, earth, solid ground, terra firma] 2: a rational motive for a belief or action; “the reason that war was declared”; “the grounds for their declaration” [syn: reason] 3: the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface; “they dug into the earth outside the church” [syn: earth] 4: a relation that provides the foundation for something; “they were on a friendly footing”; “he worked on an interim basis” [syn: footing, basis] 5: a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle); “they gained ground step by step”; “they fought to regain the lost ground” 6: the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; “he posed her against a background of rolling hills” [syn: background] 7: material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); “the land had never been plowed”; “good agricultural soil” [syn: land, soil] 8: a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused [ant: figure] 9: a connection between an electrical device and the earth (which is a zero voltage) [syn: earth] 10: (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting 11: the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface [syn: flat coat, primer, priming, primer coat , priming coat, undercoat] ground v 1: fix firmly and stably; “anchor the lamppost in concrete” [syn: anchor] 2: confine or restrict to the ground; “After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot” 3: place or put on the ground 4: instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject 5: bring to the ground; “the storm grounded the ship” [syn: run aground ] 6: hit or reach the ground [syn: run aground] 7: throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage 8: hit a groundball; “he grounded to the second baseman” 9: hit onto the ground 10: cover with a primer; apply a primer to [syn: prime, undercoat] 11: connect to a ground; “ground the electrical connections for safety reasons” 12: use as a basis for; found on; “base a claim on some observation” [syn: establish, base, found]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ground Grind \Grind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ground; p. pr. & vb. n. Grinding.] [AS. grindan; perh. akin to L. frendere to gnash, grind. Cf. Grist.] 1. To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones. [1913 Webster] Take the millstones, and grind meal. --Is. xivii. 2. [1913 Webster] 2. To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. To oppress by severe exactions; to harass. [1913 Webster] To grind the subject or defraud the prince. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. To study hard for examination; -- commonly used with away; as, to grind away at one's studies. [College Slang] [1913 Webster]