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sand
The loose, granular, gritty particles in an hourglass.
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  1. The loose, granular, gritty particles in an hourglass.
  2. Loose, gritty particles of eroded or weathered rock, varying in size from about116 mm to 2 mm in diameter, usually deposited along the shores of bodies of water, in riverbeds, or in deserts
  3. A tract of land covered with sand, as a beach or desert.
dirt
Material, such as gravel or slag, from which metal is extracted in mining.
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  1. Material, such as gravel or slag, from which metal is extracted in mining.
  2. (Mining) The gravel, soil, etc. from which gold is separated by washing or panning
  3. Earth or soil.
soil
The top layer of the earth's surface in which plants can grow, consisting of rock and mineral particles mixed with decayed organic matter and having the capability of retaining water.
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  1. The top layer of the earth's surface in which plants can grow, consisting of rock and mineral particles mixed with decayed organic matter and having the capability of retaining water.
  2. Country; land:
  3. A particular kind of earth or ground:
spot
(Informal) A spot advertisement or announcement
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  1. (Informal) A spot advertisement or announcement
  2. A small area of different color or texture from the main area of which it is a part; often, a mark made by some foreign matter; stain, blot, speck, patch, etc.
  3. A small area:
terrain
Ground or a tract of ground, esp. with regard to its natural or topographical features or fitness for some use
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  1. Ground or a tract of ground, esp. with regard to its natural or topographical features or fitness for some use
  2. A particular geographic area; a region:
  3. The surface features of an area of land; topography:
territory
(Biology) An area occupied by a single animal, mating pair, or group and often vigorously defended against intruders, especially those of the same species.
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  1. (Biology) An area occupied by a single animal, mating pair, or group and often vigorously defended against intruders, especially those of the same species.
  2. A similar region, as in Canada or Australia, without the status of a province or state
  3. An area for which a person is responsible as a representative or agent:
floor
To provide with a floor.
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  1. To provide with a floor.
  2. To cover or furnish with a floor
  3. (Informal) To press down to the floor
prostrate
Growing flat along the ground. Creeping jenny, pennyroyal, and many species of ivy have a prostrate growth habit.
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  1. Growing flat along the ground. Creeping jenny, pennyroyal, and many species of ivy have a prostrate growth habit.
  2. To lay low; overcome; exhaust or subjugate
  3. To throw or put in a prostrate position; lay flat on the ground
train
To give or undergo a course of training:
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  1. To give or undergo a course of training:
  2. To travel by railroad train.
  3. To prepare physically, as with a regimen:
indoctrinate
To instruct in a body of doctrine or principles.
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  1. To instruct in a body of doctrine or principles.
  2. To imbue with a partisan or ideological point of view:
  3. To teach with a biased, one-sided or uncritical ideology.
educate
To provide with information, as in an effort to gain support for a position or to influence behavior:
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  1. To provide with information, as in an effort to gain support for a position or to influence behavior:
  2. To teach or instruct a person or group.
  3. To develop or refine (one's taste or appreciation, for example).
base
(Baseball) Any of the four objects at the four corners of the infield that must be reached safely one after the other to score a run: three (first base, second base, and third base) are set above the ground while the fourth (home plate) is set flush with the ground
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  1. (Baseball) Any of the four objects at the four corners of the infield that must be reached safely one after the other to score a run: three (first base, second base, and third base) are set above the ground while the fourth (home plate) is set flush with the ground
  2. A basic or underlying element; infrastructure:
  3. (Mathematics) The side or face of a geometric figure to which an altitude is or is thought to be drawn. The base can be, but is not always, the bottom part of the figure.
basis
The base, foundation, or chief supporting factor of anything
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  1. The base, foundation, or chief supporting factor of anything
  2. A pattern or schedule for proceeding:
  3. A set of independent vectors whose linear combinations define a vector space, such as a reference frame used to establish a coordinate system.
bed
(Printing) The heavy table of a printing press in which the type form is placed.
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  1. (Printing) The heavy table of a printing press in which the type form is placed.
  2. An underwater or intertidal area in which a particular organism is established in large numbers:
  3. A heap of material:
bottom
The deepest or lowest part:
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  1. The deepest or lowest part:
  2. The far end or part:
  3. The lowest or least favorable position:
foot
A unit of poetic meter consisting of stressed and unstressed syllables in any of various set combinations. For example, an iambic foot has an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable.
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  1. A unit of poetic meter consisting of stressed and unstressed syllables in any of various set combinations. For example, an iambic foot has an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable.
  2. The lowest part; the bottom:
  3. The end opposite the head, top, or front:
footing
The act of moving on foot.
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  1. The act of moving on foot.
  2. (Architecture) The supporting base or groundwork of a structure, as for a monument or wall.
  3. (Architecture, engineering) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.
foundation
The act of founding, especially the establishment of an institution with provisions for future maintenance.
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  1. The act of founding, especially the establishment of an institution with provisions for future maintenance.
  2. The basis on which a thing stands, is founded, or is supported.
  3. The base on which something rests; specif., the supporting part of a wall, house, etc., usually of masonry, concrete, etc., and at least partially underground
groundwork
Work done in preparation
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  1. Work done in preparation
  2. A foundation; a basis.
seat
The place where something is carried on, settled, established, etc.; center; location; site
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  1. The place where something is carried on, settled, established, etc.; center; location; site
  2. A place of abode or residence, especially a large house that is part of an estate:
  3. The part on which one rests in sitting:
substratum
(Zool.) The ground or other solid material on which an animal moves or is fastened
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  1. (Zool.) The ground or other solid material on which an animal moves or is fastened
  2. Any basis or foundation
  3. (Photog.) A thin layer of material on a photographic film or plate serving as a base for the sensitive emulsion
underpinning
Anything that serves as a support or basis
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  1. Anything that serves as a support or basis
  2. Material or masonry used to support a structure, such as a wall.
  3. A supporting structure or foundation, esp. one placed beneath a wall
basis
The chief constituent; the fundamental ingredient:
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  1. The chief constituent; the fundamental ingredient:
  2. An underlying circumstance or condition:
  3. A condition for relating or proceeding:
foundation
The fundamental principle on which something is founded; basis
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  1. The fundamental principle on which something is founded; basis
  2. The basis on which a thing stands, is founded, or is supported.
  3. Foundation garment
groundwork
Work done in preparation
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  1. Work done in preparation
  2. A foundation; a basis.
underpinning
Material or masonry used to support a structure, such as a wall.
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  1. Material or masonry used to support a structure, such as a wall.
  2. A support or foundation:
  3. Anything that serves as a support or basis
motivation
The act or an instance of motivating
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  1. The act or an instance of motivating
  2. The act or process of motivating:
  3. Something that motivates; an inducement, reason, or goal:
motive
A motif in art, literature, or music.
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  1. A motif in art, literature, or music.
  2. An emotion, desire, physiological need, or similar impulse that acts as an incitement to action.
  3. Some inner drive, impulse, intention, etc. that causes a person to do something or act in a certain way; incentive; goal
reason
An explanation or justification of an act, idea, etc.
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  1. An explanation or justification of an act, idea, etc.
  2. A normal mental state; sanity:
  3. A fact or cause that explains why something exists or has occurred:
spring
The season of the year between winter and summer, during which the weather becomes warmer and plants revive, extending in the Northern Hemisphere from the vernal equinox to the summer solstice and popularly considered to include the months of March, April, and May. In the Southern Hemisphere austral spring includes September, October, and November.
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  1. The season of the year between winter and summer, during which the weather becomes warmer and plants revive, extending in the Northern Hemisphere from the vernal equinox to the summer solstice and popularly considered to include the months of March, April, and May. In the Southern Hemisphere austral spring includes September, October, and November.
  2. Elasticity; resilience:
  3. A usually rapid return to normal shape after removal of stress; recoil:
proof
A test or trial of the truth, worth, quality, etc. of something
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  1. A test or trial of the truth, worth, quality, etc. of something
  2. The establishment of the truth of something
  3. Anything serving or tending to establish the truth of something, or to convince one of its truth; conclusive evidence
reason
An explanation or justification of an act, idea, etc.
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  1. An explanation or justification of an act, idea, etc.
  2. A normal mental state; sanity:
  3. A fact or cause that explains why something exists or has occurred:
wherefore
A purpose or cause:
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  1. A purpose or cause:
  2. The reason; cause
why
The cause or intention underlying a given action or situation:
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  1. The cause or intention underlying a given action or situation:
  2. A difficult problem or question.
  3. The reason, cause, motive, purpose, etc.
cause
A person or thing acting voluntarily or involuntarily as the agent that brings about an effect or result
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  1. A person or thing acting voluntarily or involuntarily as the agent that brings about an effect or result
  2. A basis for an action or response; a reason:
  3. A reason, motive, or ground for some action, feeling, etc.; esp., sufficient reason
justification
The condition or fact of being justified.
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  1. The condition or fact of being justified.
  2. A reason, explanation, or excuse which provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.
  3. A showing of an appropriate reason for one’s actions. A showing of an appropriate reason for one’s actions.
necessity
The compulsion or constraint of man-made circumstances, habit, custom, law, etc.; logical or moral conditions making certain actions inevitable or obligatory
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  1. The compulsion or constraint of man-made circumstances, habit, custom, law, etc.; logical or moral conditions making certain actions inevitable or obligatory
  2. Something necessary:
  3. Something that cannot be done without; necessary thing
occasion
A significant event, especially a large or important social gathering:
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  1. A significant event, especially a large or important social gathering:
  2. A fact, event, or state of affairs that makes something else possible
  3. A cause or reason
reason
A normal mental state; sanity:
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  1. A normal mental state; sanity:
  2. A cause or motive
  3. A fact or cause that explains why something exists or has occurred:
wherefore
A purpose or cause:
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  1. A purpose or cause:
  2. The reason; cause
why
The reason, cause, motive, purpose, etc.
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  1. The reason, cause, motive, purpose, etc.
  2. A difficult problem or question.
  3. The cause or intention underlying a given action or situation:
cut down
To bring down by cutting.
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  1. To bring down by cutting.
  2. Used other than as an idiom: see cut,"Ž down.
  3. (Idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something.
down
To a lower volume of sound
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  1. To a lower volume of sound
  2. In, on, or to a lower position or level; specif., to a sitting or reclining position
  3. Toward, to, or on the ground, floor, or bottom:
drop
To fall from a higher to a lower place or position:
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  1. To fall from a higher to a lower place or position:
  2. To lower the level of (the voice).
  3. To let fall by releasing hold of:
fell
Fall
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  1. Fall
  2. (Sewing) To turn over (the rough edge of a seam) and sew down flat on the underside
  3. To cause to fall by striking; cut or knock down:
flatten
To level to the ground
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  1. To level to the ground
  2. To become flat or flatter.
  3. To knock down; lay low:
floor
To provide with a floor.
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  1. To provide with a floor.
  2. (Informal) To press down to the floor
  3. To cover or furnish with a floor
level
(Surveying) To determine the differences in altitude in (a plot of ground)
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  1. (Surveying) To determine the differences in altitude in (a plot of ground)
  2. To bring persons or things to an equal level; equalize.
  3. (Informal) To be frank and open:
prostrate
Growing flat along the ground. Creeping jenny, pennyroyal, and many species of ivy have a prostrate growth habit.
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  1. Growing flat along the ground. Creeping jenny, pennyroyal, and many species of ivy have a prostrate growth habit.
  2. To lay low; overcome; exhaust or subjugate
  3. To throw or put in a prostrate position; lay flat on the ground
throw
To put suddenly or forcefully into a given condition, position, or activity:
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  1. To put suddenly or forcefully into a given condition, position, or activity:
  2. To cause to fall on or over something; cast:
  3. To force (an opponent) to the ground or floor, as in wrestling or the martial arts.
deck
To cover with ornaments; adorn; trim
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  1. To cover with ornaments; adorn; trim
  2. To clothe with finery; adorn. Often used with out:
  3. (Slang) To knock down; floor
base
To find a basis for; establish:
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  1. To find a basis for; establish:
  2. The number that is raised to a particular power in a given mathematical expression. In the expression an, a is the base.
  3. To put or rest (on) as a base or basis
build
To depend or be based (on)
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  1. To depend or be based (on)
  2. To develop or give form to according to a plan or process; create:
  3. To establish a basis for; found or ground:
establish
To cause to be able to grow or thrive:
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  1. To cause to be able to grow or thrive:
  2. To bring about; generate or effect:
  3. To cause (an institution, for example) to come into existence or begin operating; found; set up.
found
Simple past tense and past participle of find
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  1. Simple past tense and past participle of find
  2. To lay the base of; set for support; base
  3. To establish the foundation or basis of; base:
predicate
To carry the connotation of; imply.
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  1. To carry the connotation of; imply.
  2. To affirm or base (something) on or upon given facts, arguments, conditions, etc.
  3. To base or establish (a statement or action, for example):
rest
To give rest to; refresh by rest
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  1. To give rest to; refresh by rest
  2. (Law) To complete the main presentation of (one's portion of a case):
  3. To cease motion, work, or activity, especially in order to become refreshed:
root
To remove or get rid of. Often used with out :
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  1. To remove or get rid of. Often used with out :
  2. To cause to appear or be known. Used with out :
  3. A plant part that usually grows underground, secures the plant in place, absorbs minerals and water, and stores food manufactured by leaves and other plant parts. Roots grow in a root system. Eudicots and magnoliids have a central, longer, and larger taproot with many narrower lateral roots branching off, while monocots have a mass of threadlike fibrous roots , which are roughly the same length and remain close to the surface of the soil. In vascular plants, roots usually consist of a central cylinder of vascular tissue, surrounded by the pericycle and endodermis, then a thick layer of cortex, and finally an outer epidermis or (in woody plants) periderm. Only finer roots (known as feeder roots) actively take up water and minerals, generally in the uppermost meter of soil. These roots absorb minerals primarily through small epidermal structures known as root hairs. In certain plants, adventitious roots grow out from the stem above ground as aerial roots or prop roots, bending down into the soil, to facilitate the exchange of gases or increase support. Certain plants (such as the carrot and beet) have fleshy storage roots with abundant parenchyma in their vascular tissues.
underpin
To support from below with props or masonry.
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  1. To support from below with props or masonry.
  2. (Figuratively) To give support to; to corroborate.
  3. To give support or substance to:
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  • Jule lay on the ground a short distance away.

  • "I can't even see the ground," she said.

  • She heard him stretch out on the ground and within minutes his breathing changed.

  • The ground rumbled suddenly and the garage walls shook.

  • She'd jumped the two stories to the ground and was running towards a large garage.

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