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ground is a grammatical form of: grind

ground

nounAinmfhocal
1. surface of earth
2. land for specific purpose
3. territory
4. lawdlí reason
5. subject, domain
6. position, opinion
7. level of progress
8. artealaín background of painting
9. electricalleictreach wire
adjectiveaidiacht
10. militarymíleata of force, attack, etc
11. foodbia crushed
verbbriathar
12. aerospaceaeraspás order plane etc down
13. base idea etc on sth
14. teach (sb) basics of
15. punish child etc
16. sportspórt touch ball down
17. of boat
18. electricalleictreach earth
SubformsSainfhoirmeacha
PhrasesNathanna
 nounAinmfhocal 1 surface of earthstand/hold your groundtalamh masc  cmu the ground is soft there tá an talamh bog ansin he was lying on the ground bhí sé ina luí ar an talamh the whole way down to the ground an bealach ar fad síos go talamh a metre below ground méadar faoi thalamh, méadar faoin talamh they stay on the low ground fanann siad ar an talamh ísealmodifiertalún gs as adj  cmutalaimh gs as adj  cmu ground frost sioc talún, sioc talaimh ground temperature teocht na talún, teocht an talaimh 2 (also nó grounds) land for specific purposeláthair fem5  cmu football ground páirc pheile the Gaelic Grounds Páirc na nGael hunting ground dúiche sheilge 3 territorytalamh masc  cmufód masc1  cmu they're more confident on home ground tá siad níos muiníní ar a bhfód féin 4 (also nó grounds) also lawdlí reasoncúis fem2  cmubonn masc1  cmuforas technical termtéarma teicniúil masc1  cmu on that ground alone it's unfair ar an mbonn sin féin tá sé éagórach on the grounds that ... ar an mbonn go ...; ó tharla go ...; toisc go ... on the grounds of bad health mar gheall ar dhrochshláinte, de bharr drochshláinte they abstained on religious grounds staon siad ar chúiseanna reiligiúin we had good grounds for refusing bhí cúis mhaith againn diúltú there are grounds for hope tá údar dóchais ann they have grounds for appeal tá foras achomhairc acu grounds for divorce foras le haghaidh colscartha 5 subject, domainábhar masc1  cmuréimse masc4  cmu both books cover the same ground clúdaíonn an dá leabhar an t-ábhar céanna this is new ground for us tá sé seo nua againn it was familiar ground for her bhí seantaithí aici air to go back over old ground dul siar ar an seanscéal céanna, an t-iomaire céanna a threabhadh arís to be on safe ground with sth bheith ar thalamh slán le rud 6 position, opinionseasamh masc1  cmu the middle ground an talamh láir you're either for it or against it, there's no middle ground tá tú ar a shon nó tá tú ina éadan, níl aon idir eatarthu ann 7 level of progress any ground gained was soon lost again is gearr a mhair aon dul chun cinn a rinneadh despite the ground lost over recent months d'ainneoin an dul ar gcúl a tharla le cúpla mí they failed to regain any ground sháraigh orthu aon teacht aniar a dhéanamh 8 artealaín background of paintingbonn masc1  cmu ground colour cúldath masc3 9 (also nó ground wire) (USSAM) electricalleictreach wiresreang thalmhaithe  cmu adjectiveaidiacht 10 militarymíleata of force, attack, etctalún gs as adj  cmu ground attack ionsaí talún ground force fórsa talún 11 foodbia crushedmeilte adj3  cmu ground almond almóinn mheilte verbbriathar 12 aerospaceaeraspás order plane etc down transitiveaistreachcoinnigh ar talamhcoimeád ar talamh 13 base idea etc on sth transitiveaistreachbunaigh PhrV  cmu he grounded his theory on Marxism bhunaigh sé a theoiric ar an Marxachas it's grounded in Irish tradition tá sé fréamhaithe i dtraidisiún na hÉireann 14 teach (sb) basics of transitiveaistreach to ground sb in sth buneolas ar rud a thabhairt do dhuine, bunoiliúint i rud a chur ar dhuine they're well grounded in current theory tá buneolas maith acu ar an teoiric reatha 15 punish child etc transitiveaistreachcoinnigh istigh  cmucoimeád istigh  cmu he was grounded for a few days coinníodh istigh ar feadh cúpla lá é 16 sportspórt touch ball down transitiveaistreachtalmhaigh verb  cmu 17 of boat intransitiveneamhaistreachtriomaigh verb  cmusuigh verb  cmu transitiveaistreachtriomaigh verb  cmu 18 (USSAM) electricalleictreach earth transitiveaistreachtalmhaigh verb  cmu SubformsSainfhoirmeacha → grounds PhrasesNathanna to lose ground 1 militarymíleata concede territorycúlú  cmudul ar gcúl  cmutitim siar government forces are losing ground to the rebels tá fórsaí an rialtais ag cúlú roimh na reibiliúnaigh 2 athleticslúthchleasaíocht, horsehorse fall back in racetitim ar gcúltitim siar 3 concede advantagedul ar gcúl  cmu the euro lost ground against the dollar chuaigh an euro ar gcúl in aghaidh an dollair to gain ground 1 militarymíleata capture territorytalamh a ghabháiltalamh a thabhairt faoi do smacht 2 progress, advancedul chun cinn  cmudul chun cinn a dhéanamh  cmu from the ground up 1 from scratchó bhonnón mbonn aníos it was redesigned from the ground up rinneadh é a athdhearadh ó bhonn 2 starting with the lowest ranksón mbun aníos the organisation should be run from the ground up ba cheart gurbh ón mbun aníos a bheadh an eagraíocht á reáchtáil to get off the ground 1 get startedtosú  cmu the scheme never really got off the ground níor thosaigh an scéim i gceart riamh 2 aerospaceaeraspás take offéirí de thalamh  cmu to get sth off the ground tús a chur le rudrud a thosúrud a chur ar bun to go to ground dul i bhfolachimeacht as radharc on your own ground ar d'fhód féinar do théarmaí féin on the ground ar an talamhar an láthair  cmu to shift your ground malairt seasaimh a ghlacadhdo phort a athrú to stand your ground (also nó to hold your ground) 1 refuse to changean fód a sheasamh  cmucos a chur i dtaca  cmu they stood their ground sheas siad an fód, níor ghéill siad, níor thug siad isteach 2 refuse to movean fód a sheasamh  cmu
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