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Definition of grounds
Ground Debatable De*bat"a*ble, a. [Cf. OF. debatable. See Debate.]
Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or
contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable
question.
The Debatable Land or Ground, a tract of land between the
Esk and the Sark, claimed by both England and Scotland;
the Batable Ground.
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.
Take the millstones, and grind meal. --Is. xivii.
2.
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.
3. To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.
To grind the subject or defraud the prince.
--Dryden.
4. To study hard for examination. [College Slang]
Ground Ground Ground (ground), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grounded; p. pr.
& vb. n. Grounding.]
1. To lay, set, or run, on the ground.
2. To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or
principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
Being rooted and grounded in love. --Eph. iii.
17.
So far from warranting any inference to the
existence of a God, would, on the contrary, ground
even an argument to his negation. --Sir W.
Hamilton
3. To instruct in elements or first principles.
4. (Elec.) To connect with the ground so as to make the earth
a part of an electrical circuit.
5. (Fine Arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for
etching (see Ground, n., 5); or as paper or other
materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for
ornament.
Ground Ground Ground, v. i.
To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed; as,
the ship grounded on the bar.
Ground Ground Ground,
imp. & p. p. of Grind.
Ground cock, a cock, the plug of which is ground into its
seat, as distinguished from a compression cock. --Knight.
Ground glass, glass the transparency of which has been
destroyed by having its surface roughened by grinding.
Ground joint, a close joint made by grinding together two
pieces, as of metal with emery and oil, or of glass with
fine sand and water.
