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ground

/ɡɹaʊnd/ adjective C2
  1. Crushed, or reduced to small particles. · ground mustard seed
  2. Processed by grinding. · lenses of ground glass
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A SICK STAG lay down in a quiet corner of its pasture-ground.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 21 · B2
A MISER sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 15 · B2
The other, seeing that he must be attacked, fell flat on the ground, and when the Bear came up and felt him with his snout, and smelt him all over, he held his breath, and feigned the appearance of death as much as he could.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 12 · B2
The Witch of the North seemed to think for a time, with her head bowed and her eyes upon the ground.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 8 · B2

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