GROUND Synonyms

• installation from which a military force initiates operations

• a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries

• lowest support of a structure

• a place that the runner must touch before scoring

• the bottom or lowest part

• (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment

• a lower limit

• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

• a support or foundation

• a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)

• any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water

• the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed

• the most important or necessary part of something

• (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place

• the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

• the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area

• the principal ingredient of a mixture

• a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit

• (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector

• serving as or forming a base

• of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

• (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal

• not adhering to ethical or moral principles

• having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality

• illegitimate

• debased; not genuine

• use as a basis for; found on

• situate as a center of operations

• use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes

• a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

• a plot of ground in which plants are growing

• a depression forming the ground under a body of water

• (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)

• a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit

• single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance

• the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.

• a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track

• furnish with a bed

• place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil

• put to bed

• have sexual intercourse with

• prepare for sleep

• situated at the bottom or lowest position

• the lower side of anything

• the lowest part of anything

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

• the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat

• a depression forming the ground under a body of water

• low-lying alluvial land near a river

• a cargo ship

• the lowest rank

• provide with a bottom or a seat

• strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom

• come to understand

• the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)

• a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale

• a lower limit

• the ground on which people and animals move about

• the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water

• the lower inside surface of any hollow structure

• the occupants of a floor

• the parliamentary right to address an assembly

• the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business

• a large room in a exchange where the trading is done

• surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

• knock down with force

• status with respect to the relations between people or groups

• a relation that provides the foundation for something

• a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing

• the basis on which something is grounded

• an institution supported by an endowment

• lowest support of a structure

• education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge

• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

• a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body

• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

• United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)

• the land on which real estate is located

• material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

• territory over which rule or control is exercised

• the solid part of the earth's surface

• the territory occupied by a nation

• a domain in which something is dominant

• extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

• the people who live in a nation or country

• a politically organized body of people under a single government

• agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life

• reach or come to rest

• cause to come to the ground

• bring into a different state

• bring ashore

• deliver (a blow)

• arrive on shore

• shoot at and force to come down

• anything regarded as making something unclean

• the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

• material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

• the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state

• make soiled, filthy, or dirty

• on the surface

• the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary

• the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object

• the outermost level of the land or sea

• a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something

• information that has become public

• a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight

• come to the surface

• put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface

• appear or become visible; make a showing

• a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential

• surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots

• the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own

• range of jurisdiction or influence

• cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots

• the sound of something crunching

• a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)

• the act of crushing

• make a crushing noise

• press or grind with a crushing noise

• crush with the teeth, making a grinding sound

• reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

• a movable barrier in a fence or wall

• a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs

• total admission receipts at a sports event

• passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark

• supply with a gate

• control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate

• restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment

• (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed

• the cry of an ass

• braying characteristic of donkeys

• reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

• laugh loudly and harshly

• reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

• press or grind with a crushing noise

• press or grind with a crushing noise

• the site of an archeological exploration

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

• a small gouge (as in the cover of a book)

• the act of digging

• the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow

• turn up, loosen, or remove earth

• create by digging

• work hard

• remove, harvest, or recover by digging

• thrust down or into

• remove the inner part or the core of

• poke or thrust abruptly

• get the meaning of something