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Grund — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bed noun A piece of furniture for sleeping or resting on.
  • bottom noun The lowest part of something.
  • cause noun The thing that makes something happen; the origin of an effect.
  • earth name The planet we live on, third from the Sun.
  • floor noun The surface on which you walk inside a room or building.
  • ground noun The solid surface of the earth.
  • grounding noun Basic knowledge or training in a subject.
  • grounds noun Reasons or justification for something.
  • hearth noun The floor or area around a fireplace, often used to represent home and family life.
  • lot noun A large amount or number of something.
  • purpose noun The reason something exists or is done; its intended goal.
  • reason noun A cause or explanation for something; the motive behind an action.
  • soil noun The loose top layer of earth in which plants grow, made up of minerals, organic matter, and nutrients.

Senses

Grund is used for these senses in English:

  • bed A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
  • bed (countable) The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river. [from later 16thc.]
  • bottom The lowest part of anything.
  • cause (countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
  • earth (uncountable) Any general rock-based material.
  • earth The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
  • floor (geology, biology, chiefly with a modifier) The bottom surface of a natural structure, entity, or space (e.g. cave, forest, ocean, desert, etc.); the ground (surface of the Earth).
  • ground The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.

bed — full definition

  1. noun A piece of furniture for sleeping or resting on.
  2. noun A plot of ground prepared for growing plants.
  3. noun The bottom of a body of water, such as a river or the sea.
  4. verb To place something in a supportive layer or setting; to embed.

bottom — full definition

  1. noun The lowest part of something.
  2. noun A person's buttocks.
  3. verb To reach the lowest point possible, especially in "bottom out."
  4. adj Lowest in position, rank, or order.
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