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grounds
noun
1 grounds
Your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief.
synonym: evidence.
Roget 344:
plain,
table-land,
face of the country;
open country,
champaign country†;
basin,
downs,
waste,
weary waste,
desert,
wild,
steppe,
pampas,
savanna,
prairie,
heath,
common,
wold†,
veldt;
moor,
moorland;
bush;
plateau
etc.
(level)
213;
campagna†;
alkali flat,
llano;
mesa,
mesilla [U.S.],
playa;
shaking prairie,
trembling prairie;
vega [Sp.].
meadow,
mead,
haugh†,
pasturage,
park,
field,
lawn,
green,
plat,
plot,
grassplat†,
greensward,
sward,
turf,
sod,
heather;
lea,
ley,
lay;
grounds;
maidan†,
agostadero†.
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Roget 467:
evidence;
facts,
premises,
data,
praecognita [Lat.],
grounds.
indication
etc.
550;
criterion
etc.
(test)
463.
testimony,
testification†,
expert testimony;
attestation;
deposition
etc.
(affirmation)
535;
examination.
admission
etc.
(assent)
488;
authority,
warrant,
credential,
diploma,
voucher,
certificate,
doquet†,
docket;
testamur†;
record
etc.
551;
document;
pi ce justificative†;
deed,
warranty
etc.
(security)
771;
signature,
seal
etc.
(identification)
550;
exhibit,
material evidence,
objective evidence.
witness,
indicator,
hostile witness;
eyewitness,
earwitness,
material witness,
state's evidence;
deponent;
sponsor;
cojuror†.
oral evidence,
documentary evidence,
hearsay evidence,
external evidence,
extrinsic evidence,
internal evidence,
intrinsic evidence,
circumstantial evidence,
cumulative evidence,
ex parte evidence [Lat.],
presumptive evidence,
collateral evidence,
constructive evidence;
proof
etc.
(demonstration)
478;
evidence in chief.
secondary evidence;
confirmation,
corroboration,
support;
ratification
etc.
(assent)
488;
authentication;
compurgation†,
wager of law,
comprobation†.
citation,
reference;
legal research,
literature search
(experiment)
463.
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Roget 653:
uncleanness
etc.
adj.;
impurity;
immundity†,
immundicity†;
impurity
etc.
961
[of mind].
defilement,
contamination
etc.
v.;
defoedation†;
soilure†,
soiliness†;
abomination;
leaven;
taint,
tainture†;
fetor
etc.
401†.
decay;
putrescence,
putrefaction;
corruption;
mold,
must,
mildew,
dry rot,
mucor,
rubigo†.
slovenry†;
slovenliness
etc.
adj.;
squalor.
dowdy,
drab,
slut,
malkin†,
slattern,
sloven,
slammerkin†,
slammock†,
slummock†,
scrub,
draggle-tail,
mudlark†,
dust-man,
sweep;
beast.
dirt,
filth,
soil,
slop;
dust,
cobweb,
flue;
smoke,
soot,
smudge,
smut,
grit,
grime,
raff†;
sossle†,
sozzle†.
sordes†,
dregs,
grounds,
lees;
argol†;
sediment,
settlement heeltap†;
dross,
drossiness†;
mother†,
precipitate,
scoriae,
ashes,
cinders.
recrement†,
slag;
scum,
froth.
hogwash;
ditchwater†,
dishwater,
bilgewater†;
rinsings,
cheeseparings;
sweepings
etc.
(useless refuse)
645;
offscourings†,
outscourings†;
off scum;
caput mortuum [Lat.],
residuum,
sprue,
fecula [Lat.],
clinker,
draff†;
scurf,
scurfiness†;
exuviae [Lat.],
morphea;
fur,
furfur†;
dandruff,
tartar.
riffraff;
vermin,
louse,
flea,
bug,
chinch†.
mud,
mire,
quagmire,
alluvium,
silt,
sludge,
slime,
slush,
slosh,
sposh [U.S.].
spawn,
offal,
gurry [U.S.];
lientery†;
garbage,
carrion;
excreta
etc.
299;
slough,
peccant humor,
pus,
matter,
suppuration,
lienteria†;
faeces,
feces,
excrement,
ordure,
dung,
crap [Vulg.],
shit [Vulg.];
sewage,
sewerage;
muck;
coprolite;
guano,
manure,
compost.
dunghill,
colluvies†,
mixen†,
midden,
bog,
laystall†,
sink,
privy,
jakes;
toilet,
john,
head;
cess†,
cesspool;
sump,
sough,
cloaca,
latrines,
drain,
sewer,
common sewer;
Cloacina;
dust hole.
sty,
pigsty,
lair,
den,
Augean stable†,
sink of corruption;
slum,
rookery.
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Dutch: aanleiding
2 grounds
The enclosed land around a house or other building.
synonyms: curtilage, yard.
Dutch: erf, park, werf
Polish: opłotki
3 grounds
A tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.).
4 grounds
A justification for something existing or happening.
synonyms: cause, reason.
Dutch: veroorzaken
5 grounds
Dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue.
Polish: fusy
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