(ground) teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı
- Ground Zero
- The site of the former World Trade Center towers in New York City destroyed on 11 September 2001
- air-to-ground
- fired from an aircraft at a target on the ground
- boots on the ground
- The ground forces actually fighting in a war or conflict at the time of speaking, rather than troops not engaged or being transported to the fighting
The Pentagon may say we have enough, but that's not what I'm hearing from the boots on the ground.
- break ground
- To lift off the sea bottom when being weighed
- break ground
- To begin digging in the earth at the start of a new construction, or, originally, for cultivation
They broke ground on the new library last month.
- break ground
- To initiate a new venture, or to advance beyond previous achievements
The invention breaks ground in its programming and its structure.
- break new ground
- To begin excavating and levelling earth for a new building, or, originally, for cultivation
- break new ground
- By extension, to initiate a new venture
- breeding-ground
- A place or region where animals go to breed
- breeding-ground
- A place or institution seen as creating large numbers of a stated thing, type of person, etc
What, wonder the denigrators, is county cricket for (if you ignore for a moment the small matter of providing a breeding-ground for the Test team)?.
- burial ground
- A cemetery or graveyard
- common ground
- A characteristic or interest shared by multiple people or systems
The first thing to do is to find common ground with the person you just met.
- cricket ground
- An arena in which a cricket match is played; a cricket field plus the viewing areas, pavilion etc
- facts on the ground
- Some aspects of the situation in a particular location
- facts on the ground
- A euphemism, similar to fait accompli, used as an oblique way of saying that discussions over the possession of a given piece of territory has been rendered moot by the presence of military forces
- fishing ground
- An area of water used for fishing (usually a sea area)
- from the ground up
- From the beginning; starting with the basics, foundation, or fundamentals
A bright, ambitious kid just out of technical school, learning railroading from the ground up. — The Pooltex Tangle by Maxwell Grant.
- get off the ground
- To make (something) succeed
He couldn't get George's career off the ground.
- get off the ground
- To succeed or begin to succeed
His big plans to get rich never quite seemed to get off the ground.
- go to ground
- To escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted
I heard them on the other bank, and then saw a man on a horse crossing the river, and went to ground like a jackal.
- go to ground
- To hide from public view or sequester oneself, especially when authorities, members of the news media, or others are looking for one
Kerviel's identity was revealed on the Financial Times and Daily Telegraph websites, but was not confirmed by bank officials, who admitted on Thursday that the rogue trader appeared to have gone to ground and that they had no idea where he was.
- ground
- Simple past tense and past participle of grind
I ground the coffee up nicely.
- ground
- Background, context, framework, surroundings
- ground
- To require a disobedient child to remain at home or refrain from other privileges such as uses of the Internet, phone, TV, or music, usually as a punishment
The teenager's father decided to ground him for two weeks after he broke curfew again.
- ground
- The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground
- ground
- Crushed, or reduced to small particles
ground mustard seed.
- ground
- To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground
- ground
- A soccer stadium
Manchester United's ground is known as Old Trafford.
- ground
- An electrical conductor connected to the ground
- ground
- Soil, earth
The worm crawls through the ground.
- ground
- to place his bat, or part of his body, on the ground behind the popping crease so as not to be run out
- ground
- Terrain
When the flight crew has their aircraft under control, everything is working normally and yet it still crashes into the ground, that's a Controlled Flight Into Terrain.
- When the flight crew has their aircraft under control, everything is working normally and yet it still crashes into the ground, that's CFIT.
- ground
- To gain a basic education (of a particular subject)
Jim was grounded in maths.
- ground
- Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork
- ground
- Processed by grinding
lenses of ground glass.
- ground
- A level of electrical potential used as a zero reference
- ground
- The bottom of a body of water
- ground
- to hit a ground ball; to hit a ground ball which results in an out. Compare fly (verb(regular)) and line (verb)
Jones grounded to second in his last at-bat.
- ground
- To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly
Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.
- ground
- The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; that part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground)
- ground ball
- When a player scoops up or fights for a ball that is on the ground
- ground ball
- A batted ball that bounces one or more times on the infield; a grounder
- ground bar
- A thick copper bar required in telecom room installations to provide a central ground-point for equipment
- ground beef
- Beef that has been ground; minced beef
- ground beef
- Chopped fresh or frozen beef without the addition of beef fat as seasoning, with no more than 30 percent fat, and with no added water, phosphates, binders, or extenders
- ground beefs
- plural form of ground beef
- ground clearance
- The shortest distance between a level surface, and any part (other than tires or equivalent) of the underside of a vehicle standing on that surface
- ground clearances
- plural form of ground clearance
- ground cover
- Something, particularly plants, which overlays an area of land. May refer to plants specifically grown to prevent erosion of an area
- ground effect
- A generic term describing any aerodynamic effects occurring due to a vehicle's body or appendages moving in close proximity to the ground
- ground failure
- An effect of seismic activity, such as an earthquake, where the ground becomes very soft, due to the shaking, and acts like a liquid, causing landslides, spreading, and settling
- ground floor
- The floor of a building closest to ground level; first floor
- ground floor
- The initial stage of a project
- ground forces
- all military units operating on the ground, including tanks, soldiers, artillery e.t.c
- ground game
- Putting; hitting the ball along the ground
- ground game
- Hand-to-hand combat in which both fighters are on the ground, or skill in such combat
- ground game
- Running with the ball, rather than passing
- ground game
- Local political organization
- ground game
- Rabbits and hares
- ground games
- plural form of ground game
- ground glass
- Glass having a rough, flat surface produced by abrasion or etching
- ground glass joint
- Any of several standard sized joints, made from ground glass, used to connect laboratory glassware without leaks
- ground laurel
- A low, spreading shrub found throughout the southeastern United States
- ground mobile force
- A communications unit and their equipment; most often in reference to satellite communications
- ground mobile forces
- plural form of ground mobile force
- ground offensive
- A military action launched by land, using ground troops
- ground out
- An instance of grounding out
A ground out was recorded on the scorecard.
- ground out
- To provide proper grounding for a circuit
- ground out
- To become out by hitting a ground ball which is fielded and leads to a force or tag of a runner
Jones grounded out to lead off the third.
- ground pangolins
- plural form of ground pangolin
- ground pounder
- A military soldier whose primary role is infantry or the use of ground-based materiel
- ground proximity warning system
- A device which warns the pilot that the aircraft may be in danger of collision with the ground
- ground proximity warning systems
- plural form of ground proximity warning system
- ground rent
- Rent paid for the land, usually for a long-term lease or in perpetuity, where the land-owner and the owner of improvements are different; the improvements are effectively security for the payment of the rent
- ground rules
- The basic rules or standards; whatever someone must know before proceeding
Make sure everybody knows the ground rules for the trip before they leave.
- ground shark
- Any member of the order Carcharhiniformes, the largest order of sharks with over 270 species
- ground shark
- A Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus
- ground sharks
- plural form of ground shark
- ground spider
- any of very many spiders, of the family Gnaphosidae, that hunt their prey instead of building a web to catch them
- ground state
- the stationary state of lowest energy of a particle or system of particles
- ground swell
- waves generated by winds a long way away, possibly arriving at shore without local winds
2005: Year-round the powerful ground swells generated in the notorious Roaring Forties 1000 kilometres to the south of Cape Leeuwin march north-east and meet with the reefs and beaches of the region. — MargaretRiver.com.
- ground swells
- plural form of ground swell
- ground tackle
- equipment, such as anchors, cables, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings
- ground water
- Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers
- ground zero
- The point on the land or water surface below, above, or at which an atomic or nuclear bomb detonates
- ground zero
- The location of any disaster
- ground-breaking
- innovative, different than other things of its type
Ground-breaking technology.
- ground-floor
- Situated on the ground floor
- ground-ivy
- Glechoma hederacea, an aromatic, perennial, evergreen creeper of the mint family Lamiaceae
- ground-to-air
- fired from the ground at an aircraft in flight, or at an incoming missile
- have one's feet on the ground
- To be a practical person. To be sensible
We think we can trust John with this new position as he has his feet on the ground.
- high ground
-
The trail passes along on high ground—say a thousand feet above sea level.
- high ground
- A position of advantage or superiority in a conflict or competition
President George W. Bush had once again outmaneuvered them by taking the national-security high ground in an election year.
- hit the ground running
- To begin an activity immediately and with full commitment
Employers these days look for candidates that can hit the ground running, so that they spend less on training.
- kiss the ground someone walks on
- To praise someone highly
Yes ; they cross themselves, bow down their heads level with their heels, kiss your feet, grovel on the very ground, and kiss the earth you walk on.
- middle ground
- a compromise position between extremes
Politicians seek middle ground in debate on imigration.
- middle ground
- the middle distance
- moral high ground
- A position or point of view which is ethically superior or more reputable, in comparison to others which are under consideration
Her legitimacy (as the leader of the party that won the 1990 general election), integrity and stoic acceptance of house arrest enable her to occupy the moral high ground.
- native ground
- Alternative name of native soil
- off the ground
- Having gotten a good start; having reached a level of stability or self-sufficiency
Once a business gets off the ground, a different management style may become appropriate.
- on the ground
- on the spot, in situ
- parade ground
- A large area of hard ground, usually of concrete or tarmac, where soldiers practice routine marching maneuvres
- rufous-vented ground-cuckoo
- a large terrestrial species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family
- rufous-vented ground-cuckoos
- plural form of rufous-vented ground-cuckoo
- run into the ground
- To discuss ad nauseam
You've run the upcoming election into the ground and I simply won't listen to another word about it.
- run into the ground
- To mismanage to the point of ruin
Although he has an MBA from Harvard, he still ran the company into the ground.
- run into the ground
- To wear out, especially through excessive use
I figure this car has a few more years left in it and I intend to run it into the ground before purchasing another.
- sports ground
- an stadium or piece of land used for sport
- stamping ground
- a habitually frequented place; a haunt or hangout
- stand one's ground
- To maintain or stick by an opinion or position; to remain resolute in the face of opposition
They expect their opponents to stand their ground on the issue.
- stand one's ground
- To attempt to hold a position in battle
- stomping ground
- stamping ground
- ground
- a pavement or floor or any supporting surface on which one may walk
- ground beef
- beef that has been cut up into very small pieces, often used to make hamburgers British Equivalent: mince
- boots on the ground
- (Ev ile ilgili) (idiomatic, military) The ground forces actually fighting in a war or conflict, rather than troops not engaged or other military action such as air strikes
- ground
- {v} to lay on the gound, to instruct
- ground
- {n} the upper part of the earth, foundation, soil, country, floor, cause
- ground pressure
- Ground pressure is the pressure exerted on the ground by the tires or tracks of a motorized vehicle, and is one measure of its potential mobility, especially over soft ground. Ground pressure can be measured in pounds per square inch (PSI). Ground pressure can be calculated with the formula (loaded weight dived by ground contact area) The ground pressure of motorized vehicles is often compared to the ground pressure of a human foot, which can be 9 - 12 PSI while walking or as much as 1,920 PSI for a person in spike heels
- ground to ground missile
- missile fired from the ground at a target that is also on the ground
- ground-to-ground
- coming from the ground and returning to the ground, fired from the ground at a target that is also on the ground
- ground-to-ground missile threat
- {i} threat of being attacked by ground-to-ground-missiles
