English

Pronunciation

• SAMPA : /'/
• IPA : /'gɻɑʊnd/

Noun

ground ()

1. soil, earth.

   The worm crawls through the ground.

2. The surface of the Earth
3. terrain
4. A soccer stadium

   Manchester United's ground is known as Old Trafford

5. (US) An electrical conductor connected to the ground.
   • The British equivalent is earth.
6. (US) A level of electrical potential used as a zero reference.
7. The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; that part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground)

Related words

• ground zero , ground water , higher ground ,

ground level

Translations

• Dutch: grond m (1), aarde f (2, 5), bodem m (1), terrein n (3), aarding f (5), neuter m (6)
• Esperanto: grundo
• Finnish: maa, maaperä (1)
• French: sol m, terre f
• Indonesian: tanah, lapangan
• Japanese: 地面 (じめん , jimen), グラウンド (guraundo)
• Swedish: mark

Verb

ground

1. past tense of to grind

   "I ground it up nicely."

Translations

• Dutch: maalde , maalden

Verb

to ground

1. past participle of to grind

Translations

• Dutch: gemalen
• French: moulu

Transitive verb

to ground (grounds, grounded , grounding )

1. to require (someone) to remain at home, usually as a punishment.
2. to forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
3. to connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
4. (cricket) (of a batsman) to place his bat, or part of his body, on the ground behind the popping crease so as not to be run out

Translations

• Dutch: huisarrest geven (1), vliegverbod opleggen (2), aarden (3)
• Finnish: maattaa (3), maadoittaa (3)

Related words

grounding