Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ground

plural of ground

(law) Basis or justification for something. / The collective land areas that compose a larger area.

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

(of a missile) Fired from the ground at a target on the ground.

The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground. / (uncountable) Terrain. / Soil, earth. / (countable) The bottom of a body of water. / Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.

simple past tense and past participle of grind

(US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground. / (transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.

Crushed, or reduced to small particles. / Processed by grinding.

Obsolete spelling of ground