ground

About 97.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.

   Look, I found a ten dollar bill on the ground!

2. noun Terrain.
3. noun Soil, earth.

   The worm crawls through the ground.

4. noun The bottom of a body of water.
5. noun Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
6. noun Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.

   You will need to show good grounds for your action.

7. noun Background, context, framework, surroundings.
8. noun The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".

Similar words

terra firma land dry land earth soil run aground anchor found footing crushed

Often followed by

of that for and in to is floor with

Word family

grind ground forces ground transportation ground troops ground war grounded grounding grounds