grounds
/ɡraʊndz/
noun
- The land or area around a building, often with gardens or lawns.
- Students are not allowed to walk on the grass in the school grounds.
- They spent the afternoon strolling through the castle grounds.
- The hotel has beautiful grounds with a swimming pool and tennis courts.
- A reason or justification for an action, belief, or feeling.
- The court dismissed the case on legal grounds.
- There are strong grounds to believe the project will succeed.
- She had good grounds for complaining about the noise.
- The small solid particles that settle at the bottom of a liquid, especially coffee.
- She used the coffee grounds to fertilize her garden.
- He emptied the coffee grounds into the compost bin.
- The filter caught all the grounds, leaving a smooth cup of coffee.
verb
- Third person singular present tense of ground: to connect an electrical device to the earth; to base something on a solid foundation; to prevent an aircraft or pilot from flying; to punish a child by restricting their activities.
- The airline grounds all flights during the storm.
- The electrician grounds the system to prevent shocks.
- Her argument grounds itself in scientific research.