ground

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “Look, I found a ten dollar bill on the ground!”

2. isim Terrain.

   “As the terrain-following radar scans the ground ahead of the aircraft the actual clearance height is measured by the radio altimeter.”

3. isim Soil, earth.

   “The worm crawls through the ground.”

4. isim The bottom of a body of water.
5. isim Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.

   “Wyth cry unreverent, Before the sacrament, Wythin the holy church bowndis, That of our fayth the grownd is.”

6. isim Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.

   “You will need to show good grounds for your action.”

7. isim Background, context, framework, surroundings.
8. isim 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".
9. isim Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
10. isim A place suited to a specified activity.

    “a forest traditionally used as a hunting-ground”

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

    “crimson flowers on a white ground”

12. isim A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
13. isim The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.

    “Brussels ground”

14. isim 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.
15. isim One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.

    “Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them.”

16. isim A soccer stadium.

    “Manchester United's ground is known as Old Trafford.”

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

    “А ground may be undesirable, inadvertent, or accidental path taken by an electrical current; or it may be the deliberate provision of conductors well connected to the ground by means of plates buried therein, or similar device.”

18. isim Electric shock.
19. isim 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).
20. isim A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
21. fiil To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.

    “These geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) can become a hazard when they flow through conducting infrastructure, usually entering and exiting networks where equipment is grounded to Earth.”

22. fiil To electrocute.
23. fiil To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.

    “If you don't clean your room, I'll have no choice but to ground you.”

24. fiil To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.

    “Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.”

25. fiil To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.

    “Jim was grounded in maths.”

26. fiil To place a bat or part of the body on the ground to avoid being run out.
27. fiil To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).

    “[Ichiro Suzuki] went 0 for 4, popping out in foul territory, grounding out to second, and striking out looking. And then, in the top of the eighth inning with a runner on second, the “True Hit King” grounded out to short, just barely failing to beat it out.”

28. fiil To place something on the ground.
29. fiil To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.

    “The ship grounded on the bar.”

30. fiil To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.

    “being rooted and grounded in love”