What's the difference between ground and groundhog?

Ground


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Grind
  • (n.) The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or some indefinite portion of it.
  • (n.) A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the earth.
  • (n.) Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region; territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground.
  • (n.) Land; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens, lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the grounds of the estate are well kept.
  • (n.) The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope.
  • (n.) That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a white ground.
  • (n.) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
  • (n.) In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground. See Brussels lace, under Brussels.
  • (n.) A gummy composition 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.
  • (n.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; -- usually in the plural.
  • (n.) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
  • (n.) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
  • (n.) A conducting connection with the earth, whereby the earth is made part of an electrical circuit.
  • (n.) Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs; lees; feces; as, coffee grounds.
  • (n.) The pit of a theater.
  • (v. t.) To lay, set, or run, on the ground.
  • (v. t.) To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
  • (v. t.) To instruct in elements or first principles.
  • (v. t.) To connect with the ground so as to make the earth a part of an electrical circuit.
  • (v. t.) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching (see Ground, n., 5); or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
  • (v. i.) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed; as, the ship grounded on the bar.
  • () imp. & p. p. of Grind.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Hoursoglou thinks a shortage of skilled people with a good grounding in core subjects such as maths and science is a potential problem for all manufacturers.
  • (2) The manufacturers, British Aerospace describe it as a "single-seat, radar equipped, lightweight, multi-role combat aircraft, providing comprehensive air defence and ground attack capability".
  • (3) The hospital whose A&E unit has been threatened with closure on safety grounds has admitted that four patients died after errors by staff in the emergency department and other areas.
  • (4) Keep it in the ground campaign Though they draw on completely different archives, leaked documents, and interviews with ex-employees, they reach the same damning conclusion: Exxon knew all that there was to know about climate change decades ago, and instead of alerting the rest of us denied the science and obstructed the politics of global warming.
  • (5) For this to work, its leaders had to be able to at least influence the behaviour and tactics of the militant operators on the ground.
  • (6) One thousand nineteen Wyoming ground squirrels (Spermophilus elegans elegans) from 4 populations in southern Wyoming were examined for intestinal parasites.
  • (7) Unlike most birds of prey, which are territorial and fight each other over nesting and hunting grounds, the hen harrier nests close to other harriers.
  • (8) I had loan sharks turning up at the training ground when I was at Ipswich [2011-13].
  • (9) This week, Umande broke ground on the first of a series of toilet block biocentres in a slum in Kisumu, near Lake Victoria.
  • (10) But in a setback to the UK, Somaliland, which broke away from Somalia in 1991, refused British entreaties to attend on the grounds that it would not have been treated as equal to the Somali government.
  • (11) On land, the pits' stagnant pools of water become breeding grounds for dengue fever and malaria.
  • (12) We conclude that the concept of the limbic system cannot be accepted on empirical grounds.
  • (13) On the grounds of the reported paediatric cases, the erudition in childhood is compared with the more common form in the adult, and is found to be much less linked with diabetes mellitus and to have a far better prognosis, with practically no mortality.
  • (14) It seems like an awfully long way from the ground.” He added: “When I was younger, I dreamed of being an astronaut, but I also wanted to be a policeman or a firebreather.
  • (15) We come to see that some traditions keep us grounded, but that, in our modern world, other traditions set us back.” Female genital mutilation (FGM) affects more than 130 million girls and women around the world.
  • (16) Differentiation on histopathological grounds between this tumour and the more common juvenile melanoma may be difficult, but this important distinction should be possible in almost all cases.
  • (17) For Burroughs, who had been publishing ground-breaking books for 20 years without much appreciable financial return, it was association with fame and the music industry, as well as the possible benefits: a wider readership, film hook-ups and more money.
  • (18) United and West Ham are on similar runs and can feel pretty happy about themselves but are not as confident away from home as they are at home and that will have to change if they are to make ground on the top teams.
  • (19) But today, Americans increasingly no longer shy away from saying they oppose mosques on the grounds that Muslims are a threat or different.
  • (20) One of the reasons for doing this study is to give a voice to women trapped in this epidemic,” said Dr Catherine Aiken, academic clinical lecturer in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology of the University of Cambridge, “and to bring to light that with all the virology, the vaccination and containment strategy and all the great things that people are doing, there is no voice for those women on the ground.” In a supplement to the study, the researchers have published some of the emails to Women on Web which reveal their fears.

Groundhog


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Harold Ramis, who helped catch phantoms in Ghostbusters and directed Bill Murray to glory in Groundhog Day , has died at the age of 69.
  • (2) Powassan virus was isolated from seven pools of Ixodes cookei ticks removed from groundhogs (Marmota monax) collected near North Bay, Ontario, between May and August 1965, including five pools obtained during spring.
  • (3) As well as making its impact on cinema and language, Groundhog Day has exerted a strong influence on religious thinking.
  • (4) Gatwick, which still harbours slim hopes of getting the nod over Heathrow, has warned that its option is its own second runway plan or “Groundhog Day”, pointing to two recent instances – in 2003 and 2009 – when the government has approved a third runway at the west London hub without it being built.
  • (5) One MP said the meeting felt like “Groundhog Day” and they were not convinced by Corbyn’s call for unity.
  • (6) The Welsh Conservative leader, Andrew RT Davies, said it was “groundhog day” and Plaid, which has worked in coalition with Labour in the past, had fallen in line with Labour.
  • (7) Since 1993, the festival has also included a free screening of Groundhog Day, which introduced to the world this obscure occasion, previously regarded as the preserve of hicks and oddballs.
  • (8) For those of us who want a fairer deal for renters, this feels a lot like Groundhog Day – with the joke very much on us.
  • (9) Whichever way you look at it, Groundhog Day could be on course to replicate the longevity of the festival from which it takes its name.
  • (10) Although the programme included work by masters such as Bergman and Rossellini, Groundhog Day was shown on the opening night.
  • (11) If Phil the groundhog sees his shadow when he is lifted from his burrow at 7.25am, there will be six more weeks of winter.
  • (12) After a prolonged chuckle, Russell drops his impersonation of Groundhog Day's irksome insurance salesman, a minor but intensely memorable character, and explains excitedly that he recently met Andie MacDowell, one of the film's stars.
  • (13) But Groundhog Day was invoked on each of these occasions.
  • (14) "There have been a lot of messing-with-time movies where you can't help but see the influence of Groundhog Day," Rubin tells me.
  • (15) The question is whether feminism is trapped in its own Groundhog Day ( RIP Harold Ramis ) and undoing itself again in its fourth wave.
  • (16) His performances since then, from his collaborations with Wes Anderson (including last year's Moonrise Kingdom ) to his Oscar-nominated turn in Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation , each have as their springboard Groundhog Day.
  • (17) • Hadley Freeman: Harold Ramis was the GrandDude of comedy • Harold Ramis: a career in clips • 20 years of Groundhog Day • Hadley Freeman: Why Ghostbusters is my favourite film • This article was amended on Monday 24 February 2014.
  • (18) Phil is dispatched to the folksy town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to cover the annual 2 February celebrations, which revolve around a groundhog supposedly foreseeing the exact date of the arrival of spring.
  • (19) If the impact of Groundhog Day is still felt on Murray's career, its influence on cinema in general is ever more prevalent.
  • (20) Except that with Groundhog Day he became responsible for one of the most ingenious and affecting films ever made, a movie that can hold its own alongside the work of Luis Buñuel or Billy Wilder .