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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.