grounds

English

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  • IPA(key): /ɡɹaʊndz/
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  • Hyphenation: grounds

Etymology 1

Noun

grounds

  1. plural of ground

Verb

grounds

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ground

Etymology 2

From ground (“basis, surroundings”)

Noun

grounds (plural grounds)

  1. (law) Basis or justification for something, as in "grounds for divorce."
  2. The collective land areas that compose a larger area, as in the castle 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 (as in coffee grounds).
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