grounds

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɹaʊndz/
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  • Rhymes: -aʊndz
  • Hyphenation: grounds

Etymology 1

Noun

grounds

  1. plural of ground

Verb

grounds

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ground

Etymology 2

From ground (“basis, surroundings”).

Noun

grounds (plural grounds)

  1. (law) Basis or justification for something.
    grounds for divorce
  2. The collective land areas that compose a larger area.
    the castle grounds
    • 1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days‎:
      House Prees and Bloods […] were everywhere to be seen in earnest colloquy. For the matter was, that there was some sort of night-prowler about the school grounds.
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Etymology 3

From ground, past participle of to grind.

Noun

grounds pl (plural only)

  1. The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.
    coffee grounds
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