middle-ground Definition

• Ground ((imp. & p. p.))

  of Grind

• Ground ((n.))

  The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or some indefinite portion of it.

• Ground ((n.))

  A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the earth.

• Ground ((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.

• 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.

• Ground ((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.

• Ground ((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.

• Ground ((n.))

  In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.

• Ground ((n.))

  In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground. See Brussels lace, under Brussels.

• Ground ((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.

• Ground ((n.))

  One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; -- usually in the plural.

• Ground ((n.))

  A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.

• Ground ((n.))

  The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.

• Ground ((n.))

  A conducting connection with the earth, whereby the earth is made part of an electrical circuit.

• Ground ((n.))

  Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs; lees; feces; as, coffee grounds.

• Ground ((n.))

  The pit of a theater.

• Ground ((v. t.))

  To lay, set, or run, on the ground.

• Ground ((v. t.))

  To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.

• Ground ((v. t.))

  To instruct in elements or first principles.

• Ground ((v. t.))

  To connect with the ground so as to make the earth a part of an electrical circuit.

• Ground ((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.

• Ground ((v. i.))

  To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed; as, the ship grounded on the bar.

• Ground (())

  imp. & p. p. of Grind.

• Middle ((a.))

  Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age.

• Middle ((a.))

  Intermediate; intervening.

• Middle ((a.))

  The point or part equally distant from the extremities or exterior limits, as of a line, a surface, or a solid; an intervening point or part in space, time, or order of series; the midst; central portion

• Middle ((a.))

  the waist.

• Middle-age (())

  Of or pertaining to the Middle Ages; mediaeval.

• Middle-aged ((a.))

  Being about the middle of the ordinary age of man; between 30 and 50 years old.

• Middle-earth ((n.))

  The world, considered as lying between heaven and hell.

• Middle-ground ((n.))

  That part of a picture between the foreground and the background.

• Winter-ground ((v. t.))

  To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the roods of a plant.

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