gain ground
— Verb
– English
～ obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"; "win points"
ground-floor
— Adjective
– English
～ on the floor closest to level with the ground; "the ground-floor entrance is kept locked"
ground effect
— Noun
– English
～ apparent increase in aerodynamic lift experienced by an aircraft flying close to the ground
ground-berry
— Noun
– English
～ small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia
ground
— Noun
– English
～ material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"
ground-berry
— Noun
– English
～ creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil
ground bass
— Noun
– English
～ a short melody in the bass that is constantly repeated
ground control
— Noun
– English
～ a communication system for sending continuous radio messages to an airplane pilot who is making a ground-controlled approach to landing
ground cloth
— Noun
– English
～ a waterproofed piece of cloth spread on the ground (as under a tent) to protect from moisture
ground cherry
— Noun
– English
～ any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk; some cultivated for their flowers
ground fire
— Noun
– English
～ a forest fire that burns the humus; may not appear on the surface
ground
— Noun
– English
～ the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
ground bait
— Noun
– English
～ bait scattered on the water to attract fish
ground beef
— Noun
– English
～ beef that has been ground
ground cedar
— Noun
– English
～ a procumbent variety of the common juniper
ground cable
— Noun
– English
～ a mooring cable; runs from a buoy to a mooring anchor
ground cover
— Noun
– English
～ low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow
ground forces
— Noun
– English
～ a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
ground crew
— Noun
– English
～ the crew of technicians and mechanics who service aircraft on the ground
ground beetle
— Noun
– English
～ predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects