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2 surface store ground
Англо-русский словарь по пищевой промышленности > surface store ground
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3 surface of ground water
Англо-русский словарь строительных терминов > surface of ground water
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4 surface of ground of ice
Макаров: поверхность грунта или льдаУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > surface of ground of ice
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5 surface of ground water
Строительство: зеркало грунтовых водУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > surface of ground water
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6 surface of ground water
зеркало грунтовых вод, уровень грунтовых водEnglish-Russian scientific dictionary > surface of ground water
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7 boundary drainage system (for catching and removing surface and ground water)
сеть оградительная
Сеть каналов и дрен по границам территории для перехвата и отвода поверхностного и грунтового стока с прилегающего водосбора
[Терминологический словарь по строительству на 12 языках (ВНИИИС Госстроя СССР)]Тематики
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Англо-русский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > boundary drainage system (for catching and removing surface and ground water)
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8 Collaborating Center on Surface and Ground Water Quality
Англо-русский словарь по экологии > Collaborating Center on Surface and Ground Water Quality
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9 Collaborating Center on Surface and Ground Water Quality
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > Collaborating Center on Surface and Ground Water Quality
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10 man-made massif of ice on the water surface or ground
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > man-made massif of ice on the water surface or ground
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11 natural surface of ground (on which machine rests)
Макаров: уровень установки (экскаватора)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > natural surface of ground (on which machine rests)
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12 thickness of a snow layer covering the surface of ground of ice
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > thickness of a snow layer covering the surface of ground of ice
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13 natural surface of ground
Макаров: (on which machine rests) уровень установки (экскаватора)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > natural surface of ground
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ground [graʊnd]terre ⇒ 2 (a), 2 (k) sol ⇒ 2 (a) terrain ⇒ 2 (b), 2 (c), 2 (e), 2 (h) stade ⇒ 2 (c) rez-de-chaussée ⇒ 2 (f) domaine ⇒ 2 (g) fond ⇒ 2 (i), 2 (j) fonder ⇒ 3 (a) former ⇒ 3 (b) mettre à la terre ⇒ 3 (e) moulu ⇒ 5 parc ⇒ 6 (a) motif ⇒ 6 (b) raison ⇒ 6 (b)1 pt & pp of grind2 noun∎ the ground is often frozen in winter la terre est souvent gelée en hiver;∎ at ground level au niveau du sol;∎ the children sat on the ground les enfants se sont assis par terre;∎ to pick sth up off the ground ramasser qch par terre;∎ drive the stakes firmly into the ground enfoncez solidement les pieux dans le sol;∎ above ground en surface;∎ below ground sous terre;∎ to burn sth to the ground réduire qch en cendres;∎ to fall to the ground tomber par ou à terre;∎ to go to ground se terrer;∎ to run a fox to ground traquer un renard jusqu'à son terrier;∎ to run sb to ground (criminal, suspect etc) traquer qn;∎ I finally ran him to ground in the library j'ai fini par le trouver à la bibliothèque;∎ figurative to be on firm ground être sûr de son fait;∎ to change or shift one's ground changer de tactique;∎ it suits him down to the ground ça lui va à merveille, ça lui convient parfaitement;∎ to run a car into the ground utiliser une voiture jusqu'à ce qu'elle rende l'âme;∎ to run a company into the ground faire couler une entreprise;∎ to work oneself into the ground se tuer au travail;∎ figurative he has built his success from the ground up il a réussi en partant de rien;∎ Tennis to hit a ground stroke frapper la balle au rebond∎ there's a lot of hilly ground in Scotland il y a beaucoup de coins vallonnés en Écosse∎ the crowds are leaving the ground la foule des spectateurs sort du stade∎ fishing grounds zones fpl réservées à la pêche;∎ training ground terrain m d'entraînement ou d'exercice∎ to give/to lose ground céder/perdre du terrain;∎ to stand or to hold one's ground tenir bon;∎ to gain ground (in battle) gagner du terrain; (idea, concept) faire son chemin, progresser; (news) se répandre(g) (UNCOUNT) (area of reference) domaine m, champ m;∎ his article covers a lot of ground dans son article, il aborde beaucoup de domaines;∎ this is new ground for me pour moi, c'est un domaine nouveau∎ you're on dangerous ground vous êtes sur un terrain glissant;∎ for them, politics is forbidden ground pour eux, la politique est un sujet tabou ou un domaine interdit;∎ a middle ground un terrain d'entente, un compromis(i) (background) fond m;∎ on a green ground (painting) sur fond vert;∎ the middle ground le second plan∎ to connect to ground mettre à la terre ou à la masse∎ ground (bass) basse f contrainte∎ my fears proved well grounded mes craintes se sont révélées fondées, il s'est avéré que mes craintes étaient fondées∎ the students are well grounded in computer sciences les étudiants ont une bonne formation ou de bonnes bases en informatique(c) (plane, pilot)∎ to be grounded être interdit de vol;∎ the plane was grounded for mechanical reasons l'avion a été interdit de vol à cause d'un incident mécanique∎ to ground the ball aplatir (le ballon)(ship) échouer;∎ the submarine had grounded on a sandbank le sous-marin s'était échoué ou avait échoué sur un banc de sable(a) (around house) parc m, domaine m; (around block of flats, hospital) terrain m; (more extensive) parc m;∎ the house has extensive grounds la maison est entourée d'un grand parc;∎ the grounds are patrolled by dogs le terrain est gardé par des chiens(b) (reason) motif m, raison f; (cause) cause f, raison f; (basis) base f, raison f; (pretext) raison f, prétexte m;∎ to have (good) ground or grounds for doing sth avoir de bonnes raisons de faire qch;∎ you have no grounds for believing that he's lying vous n'avez aucune raison de croire qu'il ment;∎ there are grounds for suspecting arson il y a lieu de penser qu'il s'agit d'un incendie criminel;∎ what grounds have you for saying that? qu'est-ce qui vous permet d'affirmer cela?;∎ he was excused on the grounds of poor health il a été exempté en raison de sa mauvaise santé;∎ on medical/moral grounds pour (des) raisons médicales/morales;∎ on what grounds? à quel titre?;∎ Law grounds for appeal voies fpl de recours;∎ grounds for complaint grief m;∎ grounds for divorce motif m de divorce(c) (of coffee) marc m►► Military ground attack offensive f terrestre;Fishing ground bait amorce f de fond, appât m de fond;Music ground bass basse f contrainte;American ground beef steak m haché;Entomology ground beetle carabidé m;Botany ground cherry physalis m;American Electricity ground connection prise f de terre;Aviation ground control contrôle m au sol;ground cover végétation f basse;ground cover plant (plante f) couvre-sol m inv;ground crew personnel m au sol, personnel m non-navigant;ground fire feu m de broussailles;British ground floor rez-de-chaussée m inv;∎ figurative to get in on the ground floor (at beginning of project) participer dès le début; (buy shares) acheter des actions dès leur émission;Military ground forces armée f de terre;ground frost gelée f blanche;Botany ground ivy lierre m terrestre;∎ at ground level au rez-de-chaussée;Fishing ground line ligne f de fond;Aviation ground operator (who organizes services, transfers etc) voyagiste m ou agence f de réceptif, réceptif m;ground pepper poivre m moulu;ground personnel personnel m au sol, personnel m non navigant;ground pollution pollution f du sol;ground rage = dans un aéroport, comportement agressif de certains passagers envers le personnel au sol, dû à une attente excessive avant l'embarquement;ground rent redevance f foncière;ground rice farine f de riz;ground rule procédure f, règle f;∎ to lay down the ground rules établir les règles du jeu;Zoology ground squirrel spermophile m;ground staff Sport personnel m responsable de l'entretien d'un terrain de sport; British (at airport) personnel m au sol, personnel m non-navigant;Military ground war guerre f terrestre;Geology ground water nappe f phréatique;American Electricity ground wire fil m de terre;Military ground zero hypocentre m, point m zéro -
15 ground
1) воздушный
2) грунтовать
3) деревянный маяк
4) донный
5) заземленный
6) заземлитель
7) заземлительный
8) заземляющий
9) измельченный
10) измолотый
11) напочвенный
12) нижний
13) основной
14) площадка
15) размолотый
16) якорно-швартовный
17) заземление
18) основание
19) дно моря
20) мотив
21) причина
22) заземлять
23) заложить основание
24) основывать
25) обосновывать
26) базировать
27) грунтовой
28) наземный
29) обоснование
30) полигон
31) почва
32) местность
33) грунт
34) размолот
35) притертый
36) заземлить
– commanding ground
– dead ground
– firm ground
– flat ground
– gain ground
– ground accident
– ground antenna
– ground base
– ground circuit
– ground clearance
– ground cloth
– ground clutter
– ground conductance
– ground connection
– ground control
– ground cushion
– ground drums
– ground echo
– ground effect
– ground elevation
– ground equipment
– ground fault
– ground fiel
– ground fire
– ground floor
– ground for
– ground leak
– ground level
– ground limestone
– ground log
– ground maintenance
– ground moraine
– ground navigation
– ground plate
– ground position
– ground potential
– ground quartz
– ground resolution
– ground seine
– ground sluice
– ground speed
– ground spraying
– ground starter
– ground station
– ground stopper
– ground support
– ground system
– ground tackle
– ground terminal
– ground test
– ground the neutral
– ground towing
– ground wave
– ground ways
– ground wire
– install ground
– level ground
– natural ground
– on sure ground
– partial ground
– pipe ground
– proving ground
– rack ground
– rough ground
– service ground
– soft ground
– station ground
– temporary ground
– undulating ground
– unstable ground
– virtual ground
– Wagner ground
ground position indicator — <aeron.> индикатор положения относительно земли
hydrostatic ground pipe — <energ.> трубка грунтовая гидростатическая
launching ground ways — <engin.> устройство спусковое
satellite ground station — наземная станция системы спутниковой связи
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1) поверхность
2) надпочвенный
3) склоновый
4) химико-термический
5) наземный
6) поверхностный
7) приповерхностный
8) тонкослойный
– abrasive surface
– active surface
– base surface
– bench surface
– boundary surface
– canal surface
– cap of a surface
– catenary surface
– caustic surface
– cleavage surface
– closed surface
– combustion surface
– contact surface
– contoured surface
– control surface
– cooling surface
– covering surface
– cropping out to surface
– crystallization surface
– curved surface
– daturence surface
– day surface
– developable surface
– developed surface
– discontinuity surface
– disrupt surface
– dull surface
– equiphase surface
– equipotential surface
– evaporation surface
– Fermi surface
– finned surface
– free surface
– friction surface
– frontal surface
– helical surface
– indifference surface
– intersecting surface
– ion-exchange surface
– level surface
– lifting surface
– load-bearing surface
– location surface
– mated surface
– median surface
– mirror surface
– modular surface
– mounting surface
– nodal surface
– one-sided surface
– pertaining to surface
– planation surface
– plane surface
– platen surface
– potential surface
– pseudospherical surface
– quintic surface
– rectifiable surface
– reducible surface
– reflecting surface
– regression surface
– response surface
– Riemann surface
– rippled surface
– roll surface
– rolled surface
– rough surface
– ruled surface
– rumpled surface
– running surface
– sea surface clutter
– separation surface
– sliding surface
– smooth surface
– squarable surface
– strain surface
– stress surface
– surface activity
– surface area
– surface attemperator
– surface cleaning
– surface color
– surface combustion
– surface condenser
– surface contact
– surface contour
– surface cooling
– surface discharge
– surface displacement
– surface effect
– surface element
– surface emittance
– surface energy
– surface film
– surface finish
– surface finishing
– surface generation
– surface gravimeter
– surface hardening
– surface impregnation
– surface integral
– surface ionization
– surface irrigation
– surface leak
– surface lumber
– surface mat
– surface mounting
– surface of fracture
– surface of revolution
– surface reaction
– surface resistance
– surface resistivity
– surface run-off
– surface strength
– surface stress
– surface switch
– surface temperature
– surface tension
– surface vessel
– surface water
– surface wave
– surface worker
– tooth surface
– true surface
– upslide surface
– water surface
– water-cooled surface
– wetted surface
absolute property of a surface — <geom.> свойство поверхности внутреннее
aerodynamic control surface — руль управления аэродинамический
coefficient of surface expansion — коэффициент поверхностного расширения
high-speed surface transportation — < railways> транспорт наземный высокоскоростной
nappe of a conical surface — <geom.> полость конической поверхности
non-developable ruled surface — поверхность линейчатая косая, косая линейчатая поверхность
rate of evaporation per surface — интенсивность парообразования
sectorial surface harmonic — секториальная сферическая функция
spline surface technique — метод аппроксимации отображаемых поверхностей сплайнами
surface contact rectifier — вентиль с поверхностным контактом
surface plastic deformation — деформирование пластическое поверхностное
surface wave line — < radio> линия поверхностной волны
tesseral surface harmonic — тессеральная сферическая функция
universal covering surface — универсальная поверхность наложения
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I.ground1 [graʊnd]1. noun• to lie/sit on the ground se coucher/s'asseoir par terre• to run o.s. into the ground with work s'épuiser au travailc. ( = area for special purpose) terrain m2. plural nounb. ( = gardens) parc mc. ( = reason) motif m• there are grounds for believing that... il y a lieu de penser que...• the latest figures give us grounds for optimism les derniers chiffres nous permettent d'être optimistes• on personal/medical grounds pour (des) raisons personnelles/médicales• on what grounds? à quel titre ?• on the grounds that... en raison du fait que...a. [+ plane, pilot] interdire de voler à ; ( = keep on ground) retenir au solb. [+ teenager] (inf) priver de sortiec. [+ ship] faire s'échouer4. compounds• we can't change the ground rules at this stage on ne peut pas changer les règles du jeu maintenant ► ground staff noun personnel m au solII.ground2 [graʊnd]1. verbpast tense, past participle of grind2. adjective[coffee, spices] moulu3. compounds* * *[graʊnd] 1. 2.1) ( surface underfoot) sol m, terre fto get off the ground — [plane] décoller; fig [idea] prendre fig
to prepare the ground — fig ouvrir la voie ( for à)
to clear the ground — lit, fig déblayer le terrain
2) (area, territory) lit, fig terrain mto cover a lot of ground — lit faire beaucoup de chemin; fig avancer beaucoup
to break fresh ou new ground — innover
on dangerous ground — ( in discussion) sur un terrain miné; ( in dealings) dans une position délicate
3) gen, Sport ( for specific activity) terrain m4) ( reason) gen, Law motifs mpl, raisons fpl5) fig (in contest, discussion)to gain ground — gagner du terrain (on, over sur)
to lose ground — perdre du terrain (to au profit de)
to give ground — céder du terrain (to devant; on, over au niveau de)
to hold ou stand (one's) ground — tenir bon
to shift one's ground — fig changer son fusil d'épaule (on au sujet de)
6) US Electricity terre f7) Art fond m3.grounds plural noun1) (of house, institution) parc m (of de)private grounds — propriété f privée
2) ( reasons)grounds for — motifs de [divorce, criticism, hope]
4.on (the) grounds of — en raison de [cost, public interest]; pour cause de [adultery, negligence]
ground past participle adjective [coffee, pepper] moulu5.transitive verb1) Aviation immobiliser [aircraft]2) Nautical3) ( base)to ground something on ou in — fonder quelque chose sur
4) (colloq) ( keep in) priver [quelqu'un] de sortie5) US Electricity relier [quelque chose] à la terre••to run somebody/something to ground — dénicher (colloq) quelqu'un/quelque chose
to run ou drive oneself into the ground — s'user au travail
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B n1 ( surface underfoot) sol m, terre f ; to put/throw sth on the ground poser/jeter qch par terre ; to sit/lie (down) on the ground s'asseoir/s'allonger par terre ; to fall to the ground tomber (par terre) ; to pick sth up off the ground ramasser qch (par terre) ; get up off the ground lève-toi ; to get off the ground [plane] décoller ; fig [idea] prendre fig ; to get sth off the ground faire démarrer [plan, undertaking, campaign] ; to burn to the ground brûler complètement ; above (the) ground en surface ; below (the) ground sous terre ; to prepare the ground lit préparer la terre or le sol ; fig ouvrir la voie (for à) ; to clear the ground lit, fig déblayer le terrain ; on the ground lit, fig sur le terrain ;2 (area, territory) lit, fig terrain m ; a piece of ground un terrain ; built on high/rocky ground construit sur un terrain surélevé/accidenté ; holy/neutral ground terrain consacré/neutre ; to cover a lot of ground lit faire beaucoup de chemin ; fig avancer beaucoup ; to cover the same ground [teachers, speakers] traiter le même sujet ; [articles, lectures] traiter du même sujet ; to go over the same ground se répéter ; to break fresh ou new ground innover (by ou in doing en faisant) ; to break new political/legal ground innover dans le domaine politique/légal ; it breaks no new ground cela n'apporte rien de nouveau ; on neutral ground en terrain neutre ; on my/her own ground sur mon/son propre terrain ; to be on sure ou firm ground être sûr de ce qu'on avance ; to be on shaky ground être dans une position délicate ; to be sure of one's ground être sûr de son fait or de ce qu'on avance ; (to be) on dangerous ground ( in discussion) (être) sur un terrain miné ; ( in dealings) (être) dans une position délicate ; on safe ground sur un terrain familier ; the ground is shifting le climat est en train de changer fig ; familiar/new ground domaine m familier/nouveau ;5 fig (in contest, discussion) to gain ground gagner du terrain (on, over sur) ; to lose ground perdre du terrain (to au profit de) ; to give ou yield ground céder du terrain (to devant ; on, over au niveau de) ; to make up ou regain lost ground regagner du terrain perdu ; to hold ou stand (one's) ground tenir bon ; to change ou shift one's ground fig changer son fusil d'épaule (on au sujet de) ;7 Art fond m ;8 Naut to touch ground racler le fond ;2 ( reasons) on ethical grounds pour des raisons d'éthique ; on compassionate grounds pour raisons personnelles ; grounds for motifs de [divorce, appeal, extradition, arrest, opposition, criticism, hope] ; to have grounds for complaint/for suspicion avoir des motifs de se plaindre/de douter ; to give sb grounds for anxiety être un motif or une source d'angoisse pour qn ; grounds for doing motifs pour faire ; there are reasonable grounds/there are no grounds for supposing that il y a des motifs suffisants/il n'y a aucun motif pour supposer que ; to give sb good grounds for doing donner à qn de bonnes raisons de faire ; to have grounds to do avoir des raisons de faire ; on (the) grounds of en raison de [cost, public interest] ; pour raison de [adultery, negligence, insufficient evidence] ; on (the) grounds of ill-health pour raisons de santé ; to lodge an appeal on the grounds of insanity faire appel en arguant la folie ; on the grounds that en raison du fait que.E vtr3 ( base) to ground sth on ou in fonder qch sur ; to be grounded on être fondé sur [principle, fact, experience] ; to be grounded in être fondé sur [right, truth, understanding] ; well-grounded suspicions des soupçons fondés ; a well-grounded theory une théorie bien fondée ;4 ○ ( punish) priver [qn] de sortie [teenager] ;5 US Elec mettre [qch] à la terre ;to be thick/thin on the ground être/ne pas être légion inv ; to go to ground se terrer ; to run sb/sth to ground dénicher ○ qn/qch ; to run ou drive oneself into the ground s'user or se crever ○ au travail ; to run sth into the ground laisser péricliter [business] ; to run a car into the ground garder une voiture jusqu'à ce qu'elle soit bonne pour la casse ; that suits me down to the ground ça me va parfaitement. -
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sth is thick on the \ground ( fig) etw gibt es wie Sand am Meer;to break new \ground ( fig) einen Durchbruch schaffen;the airline's latest idea is certainly breaking new \ground in the world of air transport die neueste Idee der Luftfahrtgesellschaft wird die Welt der Luftfahrt revolutionieren [o grundlegend verändern];to go to \ground animal in Deckung gehen; fox, rabbit im Bau verschwinden; person verschwinden, untertauchen;he went to \ground in the Hebrides for several months er tauchte für ein paar Monate auf den Hebriden unter;razed to the \ground dem Erdboden gleichgemacht;to run sb/sth to \ground jdn/etw aufstöbern;to work [or drive] [or run] oneself into the \ground ( fig) seine Gesundheit ruinieren, sich akk kaputtmachen ( fam)above \ground über der Erde; min über Tage;above \ground lines/ pipes oberirdische Leitungen/Rohre;below \ground unter der Erde; min unter Tage;on the \ground ( fig) in der breiten Öffentlichkeit;their political ideas have a lot of support on the \ground ihre politischen Ziele finden breite Unterstützungthis part of town used to be my old stamping \ground diesen Teil der Stadt habe ich früher unsicher gemacht ( hum)waste \ground brachliegendes Land;to lose \ground mil Boden verlieren; ( fig); idea, politician schwächer werden, [an] Boden verlieren;to stand one's \ground nicht von der Stelle weichen; mil die Stellung behaupten; ( fig) festbleiben, sich akk durchsetzen;cricket \ground Cricketfeld nt;football \ground Fußballplatz m5) ( for animals)breeding \ground Brutplatz m, Brutstätte f (a. fig)fishing \grounds Fischgründe pl, Fischfanggebiet nt;spawning \ground Laichplatz m6) ship;to touch \ground auf Grund laufen\ground wire Erdungsdraht m, Masseleitung f;to be on common \ground eine gemeinsame Basis haben;we had soon found some common \ground wir hatten schnell einige Gemeinsamkeiten entdeckt;to be on dangerous \ground in ein gefährliches Fahrwasser geraten, sich akk auf gefährliches Terrain begeben;to be on familiar [or on one's own] \ground sich akk auf vertrautem Boden bewegen, sich akk in etw dat auskennen, in etw dat Bescheid wissen;to be on [or stick to] safe \ground sich akk auf sicherem Boden bewegen, auf Nummer Sicher gehen ( fam)to go over the same \ground sich akk wiederholenyour fears have no \ground at all deine Ängste sind absolut unbegründet;you have no \grounds for your accusations deine Anschuldigungen sind haltlos;to have \grounds to do sth einen Grund [o Anlass] haben, etw zu tun;to have \grounds to believe that... Grund zu der Annahme haben, dass...;on the \grounds that... mit der Begründung, dass...;an EU national cannot be deported solely on the \grounds of his conviction ein EU-Bürger kann nicht nur aufgrund einer Verurteilung ausgewiesen werdenPHRASES:to cut the \ground from under sb's feet jdm den Boden unter den Füßen wegziehen;to have both one's feet [flat] on the \ground mit beiden Beinen [fest] auf der Erde stehen, auf dem Boden der Tatsachen bleiben;to wish the \ground would open up and swallow one [whole] am liebsten im Boden versinken wollen vtto be \grounded ( unable to fly) nicht starten können;( forbid to fly) Startverbot [erteilt] bekommen; people nicht fliegen dürfen, Flugverbot haben2) ( unable to move)to be \grounded ship auf Grund laufento \ground sb jdm Ausgehverbot [o Hausarrest] erteilen4) usu passivecoffee \grounds Kaffeesatz m -
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A n1 lit (of water, land, object) surface f ; on ou at the surface ( of liquid) à la surface ; on the surface ( of solid) sur la surface ; to work at the surface Mining travailler en surface or au jour ;2 fig apparence f ; to skim the surface of effleurer [problem, issue] ; on the surface it was a simple problem en apparence le problème était simple ; beneath the surface he's very shy au fond il est très timide ; violence is never far below the surface la violence est toujours latente ; to come ou rise to the surface [tensions, feelings, emotions] se manifester ;4 ( worktop) plan m de travail.B modif1 lit [vessel, fleet, transport] de surface ; [work, worker] en surface, au jour ; [wound] superficiel/-ielle ; surface measurements superficie f ;2 fig [problem, resemblance] superficiel/-ielle ;3 Ling [structure, grammar, analysis] de surface.D vi2 fig ( come to surface) [tension, anxiety, racism] se manifester ; [problem, evidence, scandal] apparaître ;3 ( reappear) [person] ( after absence) refaire surface ○, réapparaître ; ( from bed) se lever ; [object] réapparaître.
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ground — [[t]gra͟ʊnd[/t]] ♦ grounds, grounding, grounded 1) N SING: the N The ground is the surface of the earth. Forty or fifty women were sitting cross legged on the ground... We slid down the roof and dropped to the ground. ● PHRASE Something that is… … English dictionary
Surface water — For water masses on the surface of the world ocean, see Surface water (ocean). : For water masses on the surface of land masses, see Surface water (land). Water collecting on the ground or in a stream, river, lake, wetland, or ocean is called… … Wikipedia
ground fire — noun a forest fire that burns the humus; may not appear on the surface • Hypernyms: ↑forest fire * * * noun 1. : a forest fire that burns the humus and usually does not appear at the surface 2. : surface fire * * * ground fire, a forest fire that … Useful english dictionary
ground — (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of the earth; the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ground angling — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ground annual — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ground ash — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ground bailiff — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ground bait — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ground base — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
