Dictionary definition for: Grounds
1. (n) your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"
2. (n) the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"
3. (n) a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
4. (n) a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain" "they had good reason to rejoice"
5. (n) sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid
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