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ground

noun

  • The solid part of the earth's surface.
    • usage: "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"
  • A rational motive for a belief or action.
    • usage: "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration"
  • The loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface.
    • usage: "they dug into the earth outside the church"
  • A relation that provides the foundation for something.
    • usage: "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"
  • A position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle. )
    • usage: "they gained ground step by step"; "they fought to regain the lost ground"
  • The part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground.
    • usage: "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
  • Material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use. )
    • usage: "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"
  • 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.

verb

  • Press or grind with a crushing noise.
  • Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together.
    • usage: "grate one's teeth in anger"
  • Work hard.
    • usage: "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
  • Dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced.
  • Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.
    • usage: "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
  • Created by grinding.
    • usage: "grind designs into the glass bowl"
  • Shape or form by grinding.
    • usage: "grind lenses for glasses and cameras"
  • Fix firmly and stably.
    • usage: "anchor the lamppost in concrete"
  • Confine or restrict to the ground.
    • usage: "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot"
  • Place or put on the ground.
  • Instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject.
  • Bring to the ground.
    • usage: "the storm grounded the ship"
  • 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.
    • usage: "he grounded to the second baseman"
  • Hit onto the ground.
  • Cover with a primer; apply a primer to.
  • Connect to a ground.
    • usage: "ground the electrical connections for safety reasons"
  • Use as a basis for; found on.
    • usage: "base a claim on some observation"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
develop

verb

  • Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation.
    • usage: "Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather"; "They developed a new technique"
  • Work out.
    • usage: "We have developed a new theory of evolution"
  • Gain through experience.
    • usage: "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting"
  • Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes. )
    • usage: "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
  • Come into existence; take on form or shape.
    • usage: "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
  • Change the use of and make available or usable.
    • usage: "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"
  • Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses.
    • usage: "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
  • Create by training and teaching.
    • usage: "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
  • Be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest.
    • usage: "The plot developed slowly";
  • Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment.
    • usage: "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time"
  • Become technologically advanced.
    • usage: "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
  • Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development.
    • usage: "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple"
  • Generate gradually.
    • usage: "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"
  • Grow emotionally or mature.
    • usage: "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"
  • Make visible by means of chemical solutions.
    • usage: "Please develop this roll of film for me"
  • Superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry.
  • Move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions.
    • usage: "Spassky developed quickly"
  • Move into a strategically more advantageous position.
    • usage: "develop the rook"
  • Elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme.
    • usage: "develop the melody and change the key"
  • Happen.
    • usage: "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"
  • Expand in the form of a series.
    • usage: "Develop the function in the following form"
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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