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grounds
(encz) | grounds,dna pl. Zdeněk Brož |
grounds
(encz) | grounds,povrchy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
grounds
(encz) | grounds,základy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
grounds
(encz) | grounds,země pl. Zdeněk Brož |
grounds
(gcide) | Home \Home\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic;
not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
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2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
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3. (Games) In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a
progress; goal; as:
(a) (Baseball) The plate at which the batter stands; same
as home base and home plate.
(b) (Lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an
opponent's goal; also, the player.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Home base or Home plate (Baseball), the base at which the
batter stands when batting, and which is the last base to
be reached in scoring a run.
Home farm, grounds, etc., the farm, grounds, etc.,
adjacent to the residence of the owner.
Home lot, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home
stands. [U. S.]
Home rule, rule or government of an appendent or dependent
country, as to all local and internal legislation, by
means of a governing power vested in the people within the
country itself, in contradistinction to a government
established by the dominant country; as, home rule in
Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of
Parliament.
Home ruler, one who favors or advocates home rule.
Home stretch (Sport.), that part of a race course between
the last curve and the winning post.
Home thrust, a well directed or effective thrust; one that
wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal
attack.
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grounds
(wn) | grounds
n 1: your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to
base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer
is very compelling" [syn: evidence, grounds]
2: the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a
small house with almost no yard" [syn: yard, grounds,
curtilage]
3: a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation
or burial etc.)
4: a justification for something existing or happening; "he had
no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"
[syn: cause, reason, grounds]
5: dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee)
that form a residue; "it is a Middle Eastern custom to read
your future in your coffee grounds" |
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groundsman
(mass) | groundsman
- správca |
backgrounds
(encz) | backgrounds,pozadí pl. Zdeněk Brož |
coffee grounds
(encz) | coffee grounds, n: |
golden groundsel
(encz) | golden groundsel, n: |
groundsel
(encz) | groundsel, n: |
groundsel bush
(encz) | groundsel bush, n: |
groundsel tree
(encz) | groundsel tree, n: |
groundsheet
(encz) | groundsheet,karimatka n: Zdeněk Brož |
groundskeeper
(encz) | groundskeeper,správce hřiště n: Petr Písařgroundskeeper,správce parku n: Petr Písař |
groundsman
(encz) | groundsman,správce n: Zdeněk Brož |
groundspeed
(encz) | groundspeed, n: |
groundswell
(encz) | groundswell,vzrůst groundswell,zdvihnutí země |
nodding groundsel
(encz) | nodding groundsel, n: |
on moral grounds
(encz) | on moral grounds, |
on the grounds that
(encz) | on the grounds that,s tím že |
threadleaf groundsel
(encz) | threadleaf groundsel, n: |
Barren Grounds
(gcide) | Barren \Bar"ren\ (b[a^]r"ren), a. [OE. barein, OF. brehaing,
fem. brehaigne, baraigne, F. br['e]haigne; of uncertain
origin; cf. Arm. br['e]kha[~n], markha[~n], sterile; LL.
brana a sterile mare, principally in Aquitanian and Spanish
documents; Bisc. barau, baru, fasting.]
1. Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young;
sterile; -- said of women and female animals.
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She was barren of children. --Bp. Hall.
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2. Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; sterile.
"Barren mountain tracts." --Macaulay.
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3. Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
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Brilliant but barren reveries. --Prescott.
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Some schemes will appear barren of hints and matter.
--Swift.
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4. Mentally dull; stupid. --Shak.
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Barren flower, a flower which has only stamens without a
pistil, or which has neither stamens nor pistils.
Barren Grounds (Geog.), a vast tract in British America
northward of the forest regions.
Barren Ground bear (Zool.), a peculiar bear, inhabiting the
Barren Grounds, now believed to be a variety of the brown
bear of Europe.
Barren Ground caribou (Zool.), a small reindeer ({Rangifer
Gr[oe]nlandicus}) peculiar to the Barren Grounds and
Greenland.
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fairgrounds
(gcide) | fairgrounds \fairgrounds\, n. pl.
same as fairground.
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Groundsel
(gcide) | Groundsel \Ground"sel\, n. [OE. grundswilie, AS. grundeswylige,
grundeswelge, earlier gundiswilge; gund matter, pus + swelgan
to swallow. So named as being good for a running from the
eye. See Swallow, v.] (Bot.)
An annual composite plant (Senecio vulgaris), one of the
most common and widely distributed weeds on the globe.
GroundselGroundsel \Ground"sel\, Groundsill \Ground"sill`\, n. [Ground +
sill.]
See Ground plate
(a), under Ground
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groundsheet
(gcide) | groundsheet \ground"sheet`\ (ground"sh[=e]t`), n.
a piece of waterproofed cloth spread on the ground (as under
a tent) to protect the occupants from moisture.
Syn: ground cloth.
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Groundsill
(gcide) | Groundsel \Ground"sel\, Groundsill \Ground"sill`\, n. [Ground +
sill.]
See Ground plate
(a), under Ground
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groundswell
(gcide) | groundswell \ground"swell`\ (ground"sw[e^]l`), n.
1. A long, deep wave in the sea, sometimes caused by distant
winds or storms.
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2. A rising sentiment of support or enthusiasm, especially
among the general public; as, a groundswell of opinion
favoring campaign finance reform.
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Happy hunting grounds
(gcide) | Hunting \Hunt"ing\, n.
The pursuit of game or of wild animals. --A. Smith.
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Happy hunting grounds, the region to which, according to
the belief of American Indians, the souls of warriors and
hunters pass after death, to be happy in hunting and
feasting. --Tylor.
Hunting box. Same As Hunting lodge (below).
Hunting cat (Zool.), the cheetah.
Hunting cog (Mach.), a tooth in the larger of two geared
wheels which makes its number of teeth prime to the number
in the smaller wheel, thus preventing the frequent meeting
of the same pairs of teeth.
Hunting dog (Zool.), the hyena dog.
Hunting ground, a region or district abounding in game;
esp. (pl.), the regions roamed over by the North American
Indians in search of game.
Hunting horn, a bulge; a horn used in the chase. See
Horn, and Bulge.
Hunting leopard (Zool.), the cheetah.
Hunting lodge, a temporary residence for the purpose of
hunting.
Hunting seat, a hunting lodge. --Gray.
Hunting shirt, a coarse shirt for hunting, often of
leather.
Hunting spider (Zool.), a spider which hunts its prey,
instead of catching it in a web; a wolf spider.
Hunting watch. See Hunter, 6.
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arrowleaf groundsel
(wn) | arrowleaf groundsel
n 1: perennial with sharply toothed triangular leaves on leafy
stems bearing a cluster of yellow flower heads; moist
places in mountains of western North America [syn:
arrowleaf groundsel, Senecio triangularis] |
coffee grounds
(wn) | coffee grounds
n 1: the dregs remaining after brewing coffee |
golden groundsel
(wn) | golden groundsel
n 1: weedy herb of the eastern United States to Texas having
golden-yellow flowers; sometimes becomes invasive;
sometimes placed in genus Senecio [syn: golden groundsel,
golden ragwort, Packera aurea, Senecio aureus] |
groundsel
(wn) | groundsel
n 1: Eurasian weed with heads of small yellow flowers [syn:
groundsel, Senecio vulgaris] |
groundsel bush
(wn) | groundsel bush
n 1: a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North
America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white
plumelike hairy tufts [syn: groundsel tree, {groundsel
bush}, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, {Baccharis
halimifolia}] |
groundsel tree
(wn) | groundsel tree
n 1: a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North
America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white
plumelike hairy tufts [syn: groundsel tree, {groundsel
bush}, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, {Baccharis
halimifolia}] |
groundsheet
(wn) | groundsheet
n 1: a waterproofed piece of cloth spread on the ground (as
under a tent) to protect from moisture [syn: groundsheet,
ground cloth] |
groundskeeper
(wn) | groundskeeper
n 1: someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or
athletic field) [syn: groundsman, groundskeeper,
groundkeeper] |
groundsman
(wn) | groundsman
n 1: someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or
athletic field) [syn: groundsman, groundskeeper,
groundkeeper] |
groundspeed
(wn) | groundspeed
n 1: the speed of an aircraft relative to the ground |
nodding groundsel
(wn) | nodding groundsel
n 1: plant with erect leafy stems bearing clusters of rayless
yellow flower heads on bent individual stalks; moist
regions of southwestern United States [syn: {nodding
groundsel}, Senecio bigelovii] |
threadleaf groundsel
(wn) | threadleaf groundsel
n 1: bluish-green bushy leafy plant covered with close white
wool and bearing branched clusters of yellow flower heads;
southwestern United States; toxic to range livestock [syn:
threadleaf groundsel, Senecio doublasii] |
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