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Religious Terms Dictionary

ground

(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "ground", "results": [{"typeOf": ["object", "physical object"], "hasTypes": ["ploughland", "wetland", "cultivated land", "greensward", "farmland", "badlands", "overburden", "coastland", "permafrost", "turf", "plowland", "polder", "rangeland", "bottomland", "scablands", "bottom", "sod", "sward", "tillage", "tilled land", "tilth"], "synonyms": ["land", "soil"], "definition": "material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["vista", "panorama", "view", "aspect", "scene", "prospect"], "examples": ["he posed her against a background of rolling hills"], "synonyms": ["background"], "definition": "the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["rational motive"], "examples": ["the grounds for their declaration"], "hasTypes": ["score", "account", "why", "wherefore", "occasion"], "synonyms": ["reason"], "definition": "a rational motive for a belief or action", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["reach", "gain", "attain", "hit", "arrive at", "make"], "synonyms": ["run aground"], "definition": "hit or reach the ground", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["foundation"], "hasTypes": ["common ground"], "synonyms": ["basis", "footing"], "definition": "a relation that provides the foundation for something", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["paint"], "synonyms": ["prime", "undercoat"], "definition": "cover with a primer; apply a primer to", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["connexion", "connector", "connective", "connection", "connecter"], "synonyms": ["earth"], "definition": "a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)", "inCategory": ["electricity"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["secure", "fix", "fasten"], "synonyms": ["anchor"], "definition": "fix firmly and stably", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"hasTypes": ["build"], "synonyms": ["base", "establish", "found"], "definition": "use as a basis for; found on", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"cause": ["run aground"], "typeOf": ["land"], "examples": ["the storm grounded the ship"], "synonyms": ["run aground", "strand"], "definition": "bring to the ground", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"partOf": ["world", "globe", "earth"], "typeOf": ["physical object", "object"], "examples": ["he dropped the logs on the ground"], "hasTypes": ["coastal plain", "peninsula", "oxbow", "forest", "timberland", "timber", "beachfront", "slash", "cape", "plain", "champaign", "land mass", "isthmus", "island", "woodland", "foreland", "archipelago", "floor", "field", "wonderland", "ness", "neck", "mainland", "landmass"], "synonyms": ["dry land", "earth", "land", "solid ground", "terra firma"], "definition": "the solid part of the earth's surface", "hasInstances": ["america"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["material", "stuff"], "hasTypes": ["diatomaceous earth", "kieselguhr", "moraine", "saprolite", "soil", "diatomite", "dirt"], "synonyms": ["earth"], "definition": "the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["coat of paint"], "hasTypes": ["couch"], "synonyms": ["flat coat", "primer", "primer coat", "priming", "priming coat", "undercoat"], "definition": "the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["military position", "position"], "examples": ["they gained ground step by step", "they fought to regain the lost ground"], "definition": "a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["perceptual experience", "perception", "percept"], "antonyms": ["figure"], "definition": "a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["surface"], "definition": "(art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting", "inCategory": ["artistic creation", "artistic production", "art"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["restrain", "constrain", "hold", "confine"], "examples": ["After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot"], "definition": "confine or restrict to the ground", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["connect", "link", "link up", "tie"], "examples": ["ground the electrical connections for safety reasons"], "hasTypes": ["earth"], "definition": "connect to a ground", "derivation": ["grounding"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["hit"], "examples": ["he grounded to the second baseman"], "definition": "hit a groundball", "derivation": ["grounder"], "inCategory": ["baseball game", "baseball", "ball"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["hit"], "definition": "hit onto the ground", "inCategory": ["baseball game", "ball", "baseball"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["learn", "instruct", "teach"], "definition": "instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["put", "place", "pose", "position", "lay", "set"], "definition": "place or put on the ground", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["throw"], "definition": "throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage", "inCategory": ["football", "football game"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}], "frequency": 4.88, "syllables": {"list": ["ground"], "count": 1}, "pronunciation": {"all": "graʊnd"}}
Religious Terms Dictionary

groundbreaking

(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "groundbreaking", "results": [{"typeOf": ["beginning", "ceremony", "commencement", "start"], "synonyms": ["groundbreaking ceremony"], "definition": "the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"synonyms": ["innovational", "innovative"], "similarTo": ["original"], "definition": "being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before", "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}], "frequency": 2.79, "pronunciation": "'ɡraʊnd,breɪkɪŋ"}
Religious Terms Dictionary

groundhog

(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "groundhog", "results": [{"typeOf": ["marmot"], "synonyms": ["marmota monax", "woodchuck"], "definition": "reddish brown North American marmot", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}], "frequency": 2.54, "pronunciation": {"all": "'græʊndhɑɡ"}}
Religious Terms Dictionary

groundless

(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "groundless", "results": [{"examples": ["the allegations proved groundless"], "synonyms": ["baseless", "idle", "unfounded", "unwarranted", "wild"], "similarTo": ["unsupported"], "definition": "without a basis in reason or fact", "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}], "frequency": 2.49, "syllables": {"list": ["ground", "less"], "count": 2}, "pronunciation": {"all": "'graʊndlɪs"}}
Religious Terms Dictionary

groundnut

(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "groundnut", "results": [{"typeOf": ["vine"], "hasParts": ["wild bean", "potato bean"], "memberOf": ["genus apios", "apios"], "synonyms": ["apios americana", "apios tuberosa", "groundnut vine", "indian potato", "potato bean", "wild bean"], "definition": "a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"partOf": ["peanut", "peanut vine", "arachis hypogaea"], "typeOf": ["edible nut"], "synonyms": ["earthnut", "goober", "goober pea", "monkey nut", "peanut"], "definition": "pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"partOf": ["wild bean", "groundnut vine", "indian potato", "potato bean", "apios americana", "apios tuberosa"], "typeOf": ["tuber"], "synonyms": ["potato bean", "wild bean"], "definition": "nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}], "frequency": 1.6, "syllables": {"list": ["ground", "nut"], "count": 2}, "pronunciation": {"all": "'graʊnd,nət"}}