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ground noun

  /ɡɹaʊnd/
  • (electricity, Canadian, and, US) An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
 terre, masse
  • Soil, earth.
 terre
  • The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
 sol, terre
  • (countable) The bottom of a body of water.
 fond
  • Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
 base, fondation
  • (figurative, by extension) Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
  • (countable, 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 (hence to make one's ground).
 terrain, terrain de football

ground verb

  /ɡɹaʊnd/
  • (transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
 clouer au sol
  • To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
 gronder, punir

ground adjective

  /ɡɹaʊnd/
  • Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
 haché, moulu

grounds noun

  /ɡɹaʊndz/
  • (legal) Basis or justification for something.
 raison, motif

grounds noun

  /ɡɹaʊndz/
  • The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.
 marc

grounded adjective

  /-dəd/ , /ˈɡɹaʊn.dɪd/
  • (aviation, of an airman or aircraft) Not allowed to fly.
 interdit de vol
  • (electricity, North America) Of or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed.
 puni

grounding noun

  /ˈɡɹaʊndɪŋ/
  • The act by which a child is grounded (forbidden from going out, using electronics, etc.).
 privation de sortie
  • The background of embroidery, etc.
 base

grounding

coup de talon
ground floor
rez-de-chaussée
breeding-ground
frayère, pépinière, vivier
ground ivy
lierre terrestre
middle ground
juste milieu, compromis
ground-ivy
lierre terrestre
ground zero
point zéro
ground forces
armée de terre, troupes au sol
ground beetle
carabe
gain ground
gagner du terrain
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