Ground

What do we mean by ground?

The solid surface of the earth. noun

The floor of a body of water, especially the sea. noun

Soil; earth. noun

An area of land designated for a particular purpose. noun

The land surrounding or forming part of a house or another building. noun

An area or a position that is contested in or as if in battle. noun

Something that serves as a foundation or means of attachment for something else. noun

A surrounding area; a background. noun

The foundation for an argument, belief, or action; a basis. noun

The underlying condition prompting an action; a cause: synonym: base. noun

An area of reference or discussion; a subject. noun

The sediment at or from the bottom of a liquid. noun

Particles of ground coffee beans for use in making coffee for drinking. noun

A large conducting body, such as the earth or an electric circuit connected to the earth, used as an arbitrary zero of potential. noun

A conducting object, such as a wire, that is connected to such a position of zero potential. noun

A mesh background upon which patterns are worked in lace-making. noun

To place on or cause to touch the ground. intransitive verb

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

Terrain.

Soil, earth.

The bottom of a body of water.

Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.

(chiefly in the plural) Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.

Background, context, framework, surroundings.

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".

(by extension) Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.

The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.

In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.

In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.

In etching, a gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.

(chiefly in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.

A soccer stadium.

An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).

The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).

A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.

The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.

The pit of a theatre.

Words that are spelled similarly to ground:
ground, around, round, aground, grund, yground, grond, gound, groud.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word ground:
beetle, floor, colour, cricket, oval, zero, stadium, pale, radar, pitch.

Words that rhyme with ground:
around, round, sound, compound, bound, profound, pound, confound, wound, found, background, renowned, turnaround, expound, hound, abound, surround, rebound, mound, underground, redound, astound, inbound, propound, foreground, hidebound, spellbound, impound, newfound, resound, playground, ultrasound, stound, turn around, lb, swound, outbound, aground, merry-go-round, snowbound, unbound, unsound, runaround, greyhound, homebound, get around, earthbound, horehound, fairground, downed, crowned, come around, look around, drowned, go around, campground, dog pound, frowned, battleground, foxhound, unwound, southbound, mess around, afghan hound, walk around, hang around, run around, fool around, basset hound, eastbound, gowned, browned, push around, come round, stick around, play around, safe and sound, horse around, move around, run aground, westbound, kick around, monkey around, puget sound, towned, bring around, revolve around, spin around, tool around, burial mound, roll around, the other way around, putter around, boss around, moon around, flesh wound, speech sound, mill around, muck around, pass around.

Adjectives that are often used to describe ground:
common, high, middle, open, higher, solid, fertile, firm, much, bare, dry, low, hard, sufficient, holy, neutral, white, soft, rough, back, frozen, wet, dangerous, flat, familiar, moral, very, rocky, sacred, marshy, reasonable, safe, dark, above, blue, firmer, uneven, cold, damp, ultimate, consecrated, happy, swampy, stony, hallowed, barren, burying, fresh, sandy, sole, shaky, highest, elevated, safer, cultivated, rich, moist, sure, fair, freshly, yellow, muddy, difficult, rational, classic, debatable.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective ground:
water, floor, plan, work, rent, nuts, air, glass, nut, attack, level, colour, swell, mass, state, fault, biomass, illumination, bait, parts, substance, cover, rents, color, plans, hugging, rules, truth, relationship, breaking, missiles, support, surface, pool, stone, relationships, waters, caribou, tone, pepper, squirrels, flour, perception, voltage, production, bass, plane, faults, etching, organization, feeding, sheet, discrimination, floors, plot, structures, ice, tissue, communications, clearing, beetles, reversal, covering, lightning, tackle, station, segregation, ivy, tanks, missile, coffee, hog, storage, operations, relation, meal, shaking, pools, testing, crew, contact, cornmeal, hearers, communication, hogs.

Consonant match to ground:
grind, grand, grande, grained, grinned, groaned, grund, groined, grond, greened, grand-, grinde.

Words that sound like ground:
ground, grond, grind, grand, grinned, grande, groaned, grund, grained, grinde, greened, groined, crowned, graunt, grant, grounds, grunt, groomed, aground, grounder, grint, gowned, grimed, go around, go-round, gurned, yground, go-around, go round, crooned, careened, craned, crined, gond, gron, grod, grani, garonne, gorod, garaged, graan, gorani, gironde, green, grade, grin, granted, greed, grain, granny, grenade, gained, grid, grad, grinder, gran, grands, grander, gren, granade, grinds, grainy, greene, grannie, grine, granda, gand, greeny, grean, greenie, grana, green day, grayed, grandee, grandy, grinn, grane, greyed, green-eyed, gride, greaney, grene, garand, grandes, graine, grainne, gradd, germond, grandi, grein, grahn, grenda, green eye, grando, graney, grand-, gerland, greeneye, green eyed, granne.