English-Portuguese translations for ground

• terra
  Mantenhamos os pés bem assentes na terra. Let us keep both feet on the ground.
  Essa ajuda precisa de ser distribuída por terra o mais rapidamente possível. As soon as possible that aid needs to be delivered on the ground.
  Os atacantes deixaram a vítima por terra, coberta de sangue. The perpetrators left their victim lying on the ground, covered in blood.
• solo
  O solo continua a estar contaminado. The ground is still contaminated.
  Invocámos, para isso, o envelhecimento dos nossos solos e os custos económicos. We cited as our grounds ageing and the economic cost.
  A morte e a fome não são explicitamente solo fértil para a paz. Death and famine are emphatically not fertile ground for peace.
• aterrar
• campo
  Esses campos são incubadoras extremamente perigosas. These camps are extremely dangerous breeding grounds.
• castigar
• chão
  Não pode erguer-se do chão sem ajuda. It cannot get up off the ground unaided.
  O chão pôs-se literalmente a tremer debaixo dos nossos pés. The ground was literally shaking under our feet.
• deixar de castigo
• fundamento
  Não existem fundamentos de ordem ética que a justifiquem.It is not justified on ethical grounds.
  Este não constitui um bom fundamento que as pessoas possam aceitar. And there can be no good grounds for this.
  Que verbas foram pagas com estes fundamentos? How much money has been paid out on these grounds?
• fundo
  Opomo-nos a estes acordos quer quanto à forma quer quanto ao fundo. We have objections to these agreements on grounds of both procedure and content.
  Continua a verificar-se a necessidade de intensificar o controlo das actividades do Fundo in loco. The control of the Fund's activities on the ground still needs to be intensified.
  Os três relatórios são rejeitados pela comissão competente quanto à matéria de fundo por razões de natureza formal. All three reports have been rejected by the competent committee on formal grounds.
• moído

Definition of ground

• The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground
• Terrain
• The bottom of a body of water
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• Background, context, framework, surroundings
• The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground
• The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set
• In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief
• In etching, a gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle
• A soccer stadium
• An electrical connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical is taken as (such as a
• The area of grass on which a match is played ; the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to ''make one's ground''
• The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song
• The pit of a theatre
• To connect to a ground
• To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing him/her to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges
• To forbid to fly
• To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles
• To hit a . Compare fly ) and line (verb
• to place his bat, or part of his body, on the ground behind the popping crease so as not to be run out
• To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly
• To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament
• Crushed, or reduced to small particles
• Processed by grinding

Synonyms

• earth

Examples

• Look, I found a ten dollar bill on the ground!
• The worm crawls through the ground
• The fox escaped from the hounds by going to ground
• You will need to show good grounds for your action
• He could not come on grounds of health, or on health grounds
• crimson flowers on a white ground
• Brussels ground
• Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them.
• Manchester Uniteds ground is known as Old Trafford
• If you dont clean your room, Ill have no choice but to ground you.
• Eric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night!
• My kids are currently grounded from television.
• Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.
• Jim was grounded in maths.
• The ship grounded on the bar.
• I ground myself with meditation.
• I ground the coffee up nicely
• ground mustard seed
• lenses of ground glass

Related words

• ground crew
• groundcrew