Commentary: GROUND[+location][+surface][+solid][+land]
NOTE: refers to a place, not soil or dirt (Sense 3)
NOTE: naturally answers the question 'where'
Examples:
The ground shook violently from the earthquake.
All the planes are on the ground due to the ice storm.
John dropped the logs on the ground outside the back door of the cabin.
They watched the atomic blast several miles away from ground zero.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: GROUND[+relation][+rationale]
Examples:
I think we have some grounds for optimism.
Critics argued there were not sufficient grounds to warrant an invasion.
His theory seems to be on pretty solid ground.
They called for a retrial on the grounds of new evidence.
But was it grounds for divorce?
The two parties could find no common ground during the negotiations.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 4
Commentary: GROUND[+entity][+substance][+soil]
NOTE: refers to stuff, substance, not a location (Sense 1)
NOTE: naturally answers the question 'what'
Examples:
The ground is a mass of slippery mud so be careful as you walk.
This ground has too much clay to grow good crops.
They broke ground for the new hospital at a ceremony this morning.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 7
Commentary: GROUND[+location][+territory][+contested][+concrete/+abstract] [+state][+competitive]
Examples:
Our football team regained some ground during that last play.
The patient was losing ground with each round of chemotherapy.
The competition has been gaining ground over the past few years.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5
Commentary: GROUND[+location][+backdrop][+scene]
Examples:
The red figure is hard to see against that orange ground.
I like the picture of Mary in a blue dress set in a ground of wildflowers.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6, 8
Commentary: GROUND[+location][+earth] [+relation][+connection][+electrical][+conductor][+earth]
Examples:
Run this wire to ground.
If there is no ground to this connection, you could get a shock.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9
Commentary: GROUND[+form][+surface][+flat][+prepped]
Examples:
The painter began sketching in the figures on the ground of his fresco.
Her watercolors always start with a white-washed ground.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 10
Commentary: GROUND[+entity][+substance][+particles][+solid][+coffee/+shells]
NOTE: always in the plural
Examples:
I dumped the coffee grounds into the trash.
The grounds of crushed sea shells sparkled in the yellow sand.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 6
Commentary: GROUND[+entity][+substance][+paint][+primer]
Examples:
An oil ground must dry completely before applying a latex topcoat.
The painters used a latex ground on the house instead of an oil one.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 11
Commentary: GROUND[+location][+property][+adjoining][+building][+house/+school/+business]
NOTE: often in the plural
Examples:
We strolled across the expansive grounds of the old estate.
The man was escorted off the grounds by a security officer.
The boys were caught smoking cigarettes on school grounds. (property owned by school)
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 1d
Commentary: GROUND[+location][+designated][+purpose][+specific]
NOTE: often in the plural
Examples:
A horse broke loose in the parade grounds.
The government has closed these fishing grounds indefinitely.
These slums have become a breeding ground for terrorists. (metaphoric extension)
This bar is a hunting ground for single 20-somethings. (metaphoric extension)
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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 4b
Commentary: GROUND[+entity][+symbolic][+domain][+knowledge]
Examples:
The professor covered a lot of ground in today's lecture.
Third-year coursed typically cover less ground but go more into depth.
He shifted the argument onto theoretical grounds more familiar to physicists.
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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: Idiom: into_the_ground
Examples:
Politicians have debated the issue into the ground.
Let's don't beat this question into the ground.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: Idiom_1
Commentary: Idiom: from_the_ground_up
Examples:
He'll be replacing staff in every department, from the ground up.
The architect has totally reworked the building's design from the ground up.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: Idiom_2
Commentary: Idiom: off_the_ground
Examples:
That project never got off the ground.
This funding helped get their initiative off the ground.
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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: Idiom_3
Commentary: Idiom: to_ground
Examples:
The fox went to ground.
The robbers made a run for it and probably went to ground somewhere.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: Idiom_4