What is the meaning of grounds?

noun

• The solid part of the earth's surface.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma
• A rational motive for a belief or action.
  • usage: "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration"
  • synonyms: reason, ground
• The loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface.
  • usage: "they dug into the earth outside the church"
  • synonyms: earth, ground
• A relation that provides the foundation for something.
  • usage: "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"
  • synonyms: footing, basis, ground
• A position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle. )
  • usage: "they gained ground step by step"; "they fought to regain the lost ground"
  • synonyms: ground
• The part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground.
  • usage: "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
  • synonyms: background, ground
• Material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use. )
  • usage: "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"
  • synonyms: land, ground, soil
• A relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused.
  • synonyms: ground
• A connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage.
  • synonyms: ground, earth
• Art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting.
  • synonyms: ground
• The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface.
  • synonyms: flat coat, ground, primer, priming, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat
• Your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief.
  • usage: "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"
  • synonyms: evidence
• The enclosed land around a house or other building.
  • usage: "it was a small house with almost no yard"
  • synonyms: yard, curtilage
• A tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.. )
• A justification for something existing or happening.
  • usage: "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"
  • synonyms: cause, reason
• Dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue.
  • usage: "it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds"

verb

• Fix firmly and stably.
  • usage: "anchor the lamppost in concrete"
  • synonyms: anchor, ground
• Confine or restrict to the ground.
  • usage: "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot"
  • synonyms: ground
• Place or put on the ground.
  • synonyms: ground
• Instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject.
  • synonyms: ground
• Bring to the ground.
  • usage: "the storm grounded the ship"
  • synonyms: ground, strand, run aground
• Hit or reach the ground.
  • synonyms: ground, run aground
• Throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage.
  • synonyms: ground
• Hit a groundball.
  • usage: "he grounded to the second baseman"
  • synonyms: ground
• Hit onto the ground.
  • synonyms: ground
• Cover with a primer; apply a primer to.
  • synonyms: prime, ground, undercoat
• Connect to a ground.
  • usage: "ground the electrical connections for safety reasons"
  • synonyms: ground
• Use as a basis for; found on.
  • usage: "base a claim on some observation"
  • synonyms: establish, base, ground, found