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- English Word Grot Definition A grotto.
- English Word Grot Definition Alt. of Grote
- English Word Grote Definition A groat.
- English Word Grotesgue Definition Like the figures found in ancient grottoes; grottolike; wildly or strangely formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms and proportions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic.
- English Word Grotesque Definition A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes.
- English Word Grotesque Definition Artificial grotto-work.
- English Word Grotesquely Definition In a grotesque manner.
- English Word Grotesqueness Definition Quality of being grotesque.
- English Word Grotto Definition A natural covered opening in the earth; a cave; also, an artificial recess, cave, or cavernlike apartment.
- English Word Grotto-work Definition Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto.
- English Word Grottoes Definition of Grotto
- English Word Ground Definition of Grind
- English Word Ground Definition The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or some indefinite portion of it.
- English Word Ground Definition A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the earth.
- English Word Ground Definition Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region; territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground.
- English Word Ground Definition Land; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens, lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the grounds of the estate are well kept.
- English Word Ground Definition The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope.
- English Word Ground Definition That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a white ground.
- English Word Ground Definition In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
- English Word Ground Definition In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground. See Brussels lace, under Brussels.
- English Word Ground Definition A gummy composition 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.
- English Word Ground Definition One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; -- usually in the plural.
- English Word Ground Definition A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
- English Word Ground Definition The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
- English Word Ground Definition A conducting connection with the earth, whereby the earth is made part of an electrical circuit.
- English Word Ground Definition Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs; lees; feces; as, coffee grounds.
- English Word Ground Definition The pit of a theater.
- English Word Ground Definition To lay, set, or run, on the ground.
- English Word Ground Definition To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
- English Word Ground Definition To instruct in elements or first principles.