grounds

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹaʊndz/

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• Hyphenation: grounds

grounds

1. plural of ground

grounds

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ground

From ground (“basis, surroundings”)

grounds (plural grounds)

1. (law) Basis or justification for something.

   grounds for divorce

2. The collective land areas that compose a larger area.

   the castle grounds

• groundskeeper
• stomping grounds

From ground, past participle of to grind

grounds pl (plural only)

1. The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered (as in coffee grounds).

• dog runs