Englishfor English speakers
ground
Noun
—
The ground is what you stand or sit on when you are outside.
I ran out of the house and fell on the ground.
—
Ground is terrain; it is the land.
—
Ground is earth or soil.
—
A ground is the bottom of a body of water.
—
The ground for something is the basis or foundation of it.
—
The ground for something is the background or context of it.
—
A ground is a soccer stadium.
ground
Verb 1
—
If you ground a pilot of an airplane, you stop them from flying.
The plane had been grounded because of the blizzard.
—
If you ground a circuit of electricity, you connect it with a ground.
—
If you ground a child, you take away their privileges, like the phone and the television, and not allow them to go out, usually as a punishment.
ground
Adjective
—
If something is ground, it is crushed into small particles.
—
If something is ground, it has been prepared through grinding.
formation
Noun
—
Something having structure or form.
The chorus boys and girls were put through a variety of formations in the new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.
The band members created many interesting formations during half-time.
—
The act of building a group or structure.
—
A rock or face of a mountain.
—
A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc.
—
An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
—
The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.