1. subst. A mixture of sand and organic material, used to support plant growth.
2. subst. The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
3. subst. The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature
4. subst. Country or territory.
The refugees returned to their native soil.
Kenyan soil
5. subst. That which soils or pollutes; a stain.
6. subst. A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.
7. subst. Dung; compost; manure.
night soil
8. v. To make dirty.
9. v. (intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.
Light colours soil sooner than dark ones.
10. v. (transitive, figurative) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
11. v. (reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
12. v. To make invalid, to ruin.
13. v. To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
14. subst. (euphemistic) Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
15. subst. (medicine) A bag containing soiled items.
16. subst. A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.
17. v. To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to
[1] "After the glimpse I had had of the Martians emerging from the cylinder in which they had come to the earth from their planet, a kind of fascination paralysed my actions."
8. subst. (historical) The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
9. subst. (metaphorical) Hence, by extension, advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
10. subst. plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
crimson flowers on a white ground
11. subst. In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
12. subst. In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
Brussels ground
13. subst. In etching, a gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
14. subst. (architecture, mostly, in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them.
15. subst. A soccer stadium.
Manchester United's ground is known as Old Trafford.
16. subst. (electricity, Canadian, and US) An electrical conductor connected to the ground.
17. subst. (electricity, Canadian, and US) A level of electrical potential used as a zero reference.
18. subst. (cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (h
19. subst. (music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
20. subst. (music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
21. subst. The pit of a theatre.
22. v. (US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
23. v. To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing him/her to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
If you don't clean your room, I'll have no choice but to ground you.
Eric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night!
My kids are currently grounded from television.
24. v. To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.
25. v. To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
Jim was grounded in maths.
26. v. (baseball) to hit a ground ball; to hit a ground ball which results in an out. Compare fly (verb(regular)) and line (verb).
Jones grounded to second in his last at-bat.
27. v. (cricket) (of a batsman) to place his bat, or part of his body, on the ground behind the popping crease so as not to be run out
28. v. (intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
The ship grounded on the bar.
29. v. To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
30. v. (fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
31. v. To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
I ground myself with meditation.
32. v. simple past tense and past participle of grind
[1] "After the glimpse I had had of the Martians emerging from the cylinder in which they had come to the earth from their planet, a kind of fascination paralysed my actions."
[1] "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; …"
Niemand würde in den letzten Jahren des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts geglaubt haben, dass diese Welt scharf und aus der Nähe von Intelligenzen größer als die der Menschen und dennoch so sterblich wie man selbst, beobachtet wurde; …
1. subst. (with "the") Human collective existence; existence in general.
There will always be lovers, till the world’s end.
2. subst. The Universe.
3. subst. (with "the") The Earth.
People are dying of starvation all over the world.
4. subst. A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.
Our mission is to travel the galaxy and find new worlds.
5. subst. (by extension) Any other body, astronomical body which many be inhabitable, such as a satellite, natural satellite.
6. subst. A very large extent of country.
the New World
7. subst. (fiction, speculation) A realm, such as planet, containing one or multiple society, societies of being, beings, specially intelligent ones.
the world of Narnia; the Wizarding World of Harry Potter; a zombie world
8. subst. An individual or group perspective or social setting.
In the world of boxing, good diet is all-important.
Welcome to my world.
9. subst. (computing) The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs.
10. subst. (tarot) The twenty-second trump or major arcana card of the tarot.
11. subst. (informal) A great amount.
Taking a break from work seems to have done her a world of good.
You're going to be in a world of trouble when your family finds out.
a world of difference; a world of embarrassment
12. subst. (archaic) Age, era
13. v. To consider or cause to be considered from a global perspective; to consider as a global whole, rather than making or focussing on national or other distinctions; compare globalise.
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