To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).
To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
To place something on the ground.
To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
Terrain.
The pit of a theatre.
A soccer stadium.
Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
The bottom of a body of water.
Background, context, framework, surroundings.
The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
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).
The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
Soil, earth.
A gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
Processed by grinding.
To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.
To anally penetrate in gay sex.
To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
To commit suicide.
To excel, to surpass, to beat, to exceed.
To murder.
To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
To cover on the top or with a top.
To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
To cover with another dye.
To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
Situated on the top of something.
Best; of the highest quality or rank.
Very good, of high quality, power, or rank.
Rated first.
A garment worn to cover the torso.
A stroke on the top of the ball.
The highest or uppermost part of something.
A top quark.
A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached.
A lid, cap or cover of a container.
A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
the part of something that is usually the top.
The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top; topspin
(A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.
A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
Highest pitch or loudest volume.
The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
Oral stimulation of the male member, a blowjob.
The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc.
The near end of somewhere
A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.