grounds Hear it!

grounds Synonyms

grounds

n.

  1. Real estate

    estate, lot, environs, territory; see property 2.

  2. Basis

    reasons, arguments, proof; see basis 1.

  3. Sediment

    dregs, lees, leavings; see residue.

grounds Quotes

The employment of the poor in roads and public works, and a tendencyamong landlords and persons of property tobuild,toimproveand beautify theirgrounds, and to employ workmen and menial servants, are the means most within our power and most directly calculated to remedy the evils arising from disturbance in the balance of produce and consumption.

—Malthus,Thomas Robert

   What is poetry?† The suggestion, by the imagination, of noble grounds for the noble emotions.

—Ruskin,John