ground
Noun
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is a type of: object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadowsubtypes:
- archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of water
- beachfront - a strip of land running along a beach
- cape, ness - a strip of land projecting into a body of water
- coastal plain - a plain adjacent to a coast
- floor - the ground on which people and animals move about
- foreland - land forming the forward margin of something
- forest, timber, timberland, woodland - land that is covered with trees and shrubs
- island - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
- isthmus - a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas
- land mass, landmass - a large continuous extent of land
- mainland - the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula
- neck - a narrow elongated projecting strip of land
- oxbow - the land inside an oxbow bend in a river
- peninsula - a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
- champaign, field, plain - extensive tract of level open land
- slash - an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
- wonderland - a place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder
specific instances: america - North America and South America and Central America -
is a type of: rational motive - a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argumentsubtypes:same as: reason
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is a type of: material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical objectsubtypes:
- moraine - accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier
- diatomaceous earth, diatomite, kieselguhr - a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material
- saprolite - a deposit of clay and disintegrating rock that is found in its original place
- dirt, soil - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
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is a type of: foundation - the basis on which something is groundedsubtypes: common ground - a basis agreed to by all parties for reaching a mutual understanding
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is a type of: military position, position - a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
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same as: background
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is a type of: object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadowsubtypes:
- badlands - deeply eroded barren land
- bottom, bottomland - low-lying alluvial land near a river
- coastland - land in a coastal area
- cultivated land, farmland, ploughland, plowland, tillage, tilled land, tilth - arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
- overburden - the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits
- permafrost - ground that is permanently frozen
- polder - low-lying land that has been reclaimed and is protected by dikes (especially in the Netherlands)
- rangeland - land suitable for grazing livestock
- scablands - (geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington)
- greensward, sod, sward, turf - surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
- wetland - a low area where the land is saturated with water
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is a type of: percept, perception, perceptual experience - the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
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referred to in: electricity - a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protonsis a type of: connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion - an instrumentality that connectssame as: earth
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referred to in: art, artistic creation, artistic production - the creation of beautiful or significant thingsis a type of: surface - the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
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is a type of: coat of paint - a layer of paint covering something elsesubtypes: couch - a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer
Verb
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same as: anchor
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causes: ground, run aground - hit or reach the groundis a type of: land - bring ashoresame as: run aground, strand
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is a type of: arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make, reach - reach a destination, either real or abstractsame as: run aground
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referred to in: football, football game - any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goalis a type of: throw - propel through the airverb group: ground - hit onto the ground
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referred to in: ball, baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runsis a type of: hit - cause to move by strikingverb group: ground - hit onto the ground
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referred to in: ball, baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runsis a type of: hit - cause to move by striking
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is a type of: paint - apply paint to; coat with paint
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subtypes: earth - connect to the earth
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subtypes: build - found or ground
Found on Word Lists
- Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
- Nouns denoting goals
- Nouns denoting man-made objects
- Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
- Nouns denoting spatial position
- Nouns denoting substances
- Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
- Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
- Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
- Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
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