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in the PONS Dictionary

'cof·fee grounds N pl

coffee grounds
soc m [or talog] kafe

'fish·ing grounds N pl

fishing grounds

I. ground1 [graʊnd] N no pl

1. ground (Earth's surface):

tlo nt
to get off the ground fig inf project
to get sth off the ground fig inf
to go to ground animal
to go to ground person
to go to ground criminal

2. ground no pl (area of land):

to make up ground SPORTS

3. ground (surrounding a building):

grounds pl

4. ground SPORTS:

5. ground Am ELEC (earth):

6. ground no pl fig (area of discussion, experience):

7. ground pl:

grounds (reasons)
grounds for divorce
on medical grounds
on the grounds that ...

Phrases:

to break new ground achievement
to break new ground achievement

II. ground1 [graʊnd] VB trans

1. ground:

to be grounded pilot
to be grounded fig inf

2. ground NAUT:

3. ground (be based):

4. ground (know fundamentals):

5. ground Am ELEC:

III. ground1 [graʊnd] VB intr

1. ground (in baseball):

2. ground NAUT:

I. ground2 [graʊnd] VB trans

ground pt of grind

II. ground2 [graʊnd] ADJ

III. ground2 [graʊnd] N

grounds pl

I. grind [graɪnd] N no pl inf

II. grind <ground, ground> [graɪnd] VB trans

1. grind (crush):

grind Am, Aus meat

2. grind (sharpen):

III. grind <ground, ground> [graɪnd] VB intr

to grind to a halt machine
to grind to a halt production
to grind to a halt negotiations

'ground wire N Am

'ground per·son·nel N + pl vb AERO

'ground staff N no pl, + sing/pl vb

1. ground staff SPORTS:

2. ground staff AERO:

ground 'floor N

1. ground floor:

Phrases:

'ground con·trol N AERO

'ground frost N

'home ground N

Present
Iground
youground
he/she/itgrounds
weground
youground
theyground
Past
Igrounded
yougrounded
he/she/itgrounded
wegrounded
yougrounded
theygrounded
Present Perfect
Ihavegrounded
youhavegrounded
he/she/ithasgrounded
wehavegrounded
youhavegrounded
theyhavegrounded
Past Perfect
Ihadgrounded
youhadgrounded
he/she/ithadgrounded
wehadgrounded
youhadgrounded
theyhadgrounded