(law, Scotland) An estate created in land by a vassal who instead of selling his land outright reserves an annual ground rent, which becomes a perpetual charge upon the land.

Any of a large cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ground, beetle.

The floor of a building closest to ground level; what is also known by some American English speakers as the first floor. (US) / (informal) The initial stage of a project.

(Scotland) A person who looks after a large Scottish estate for a Lord, preventing illegal hunting and fishing, and liaises with tenant farmers.

Situated on the ground floor

(military, slang) A military soldier whose primary role is infantry or the use of ground-based materiel.

A thick copper bar required in telecommunication room installations to provide a central ground-point for equipment.

(transitive, idiomatic) To mismanage to the point of ruin. / (transitive, idiomatic) To wear out, especially through excessive use. / (transitive, idiomatic) To discuss ad nauseam.

A place or region where animals go to breed. / (figuratively) A place or institution seen as creating large numbers of a stated thing, type of person, etc.

A perennial plant in the carrot family Apiaceae, native to Eurasia; Aegopodium podagraria.