grounds
Meanings
- your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief;
- the enclosed land around a house or other building;
- a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
- a justification for something existing or happening;
- dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue;
- "it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds"
- the solid part of the earth's surface;
- a rational motive for a belief or action;
- "the grounds for their declaration"
- the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface;
- a relation that provides the foundation for something;
- a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle);
- the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground;
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use);
- a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
- a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
- (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
- fix firmly and stably;
- confine or restrict to the ground;
- place or put on the ground
- instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
- bring to the ground;
- hit or reach the ground
- throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
- hit a groundball;
- hit onto the ground
- cover with a primer; apply a primer to
- connect to a ground;
- use as a basis for; found on;
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 9
grounds is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordgrounds is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
grounds is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
grounds is a valid Words With Friends word