Are you trying to hyphenate Ground? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.
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The solid part of the earth's surface The plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land The earth shook for several minutes He dropped the logs on the ground |
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A rational motive for a belief or action The reason that war was declared The grounds for their declaration |
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The loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface They dug into the earth outside the church |
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A relation that provides the foundation for something They were on a friendly footing He worked on an interim basis |
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A position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle) They gained ground step by step They fought to regain the lost ground |
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The part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground He posed her against a background of rolling hills |
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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 land had never been plowed Good agricultural soil |
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A relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused |
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A connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) |
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(art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting |
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The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface |
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Fix firmly and stably Anchor the lamppost in concrete |
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Confine or restrict to the ground After the accident |
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They grounded the plane and the pilot |
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Place or put on the ground |
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Instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject |
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Bring to the ground The storm grounded the ship |
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Hit or reach the ground |
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Throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage |
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Hit a groundball He grounded to the second baseman |
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Hit onto the ground |
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Cover with a primer Apply a primer to |
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Connect to a ground Ground the electrical connections for safety reasons |
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Use as a basis for Found on Base a claim on some observation |
| adj | crushed, broken |
| noun | land, dry land, earth, solid ground, terra firma, object, physical object
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| noun | reason, rational motive
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| noun | earth, material, stuff |
| noun | footing, basis, foundation |
| noun | military position, position |
| noun | background, view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama |
| noun | land, soil, object, physical object
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| noun | percept, perception, perceptual experience
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| noun | earth, connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective |
| noun | surface |
| noun | flat coat, primer, priming, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat, coat of paint
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| verb | anchor, fasten, fix, secure |
| verb | restrain, confine, hold |
| verb | put, set, place, pose, position, lay |
| verb | teach, learn, instruct |
| verb | run aground, land |
| verb | run aground, reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain |
| verb | throw |
| verb | hit |
| verb | hit |
| verb | prime, undercoat, paint |
| verb | connect, link, tie, link up
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| verb | establish, base, found |
| verb | crunch, cranch, craunch, grind, press, grind down
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| verb | grate, grind, break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise |
| verb | grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute, break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise |
| verb | labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil, work, do work
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| verb | grind, dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
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