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nook, corner, cubbyhole, cubby, grouch, v. 1. Informal, complain, moan, Inf. gripe. See grumble (def. 1). -n. 2. Informal, grumbler, crab, curmudgeon. See grumbler. grouchy, adj. Informal, surly, cantankerous, irascible. See grumpy. ground, n. 1. soil, earth, mold, Archaic, glebe, Archaic, marl, land, terrain; sod, turf; loam, clay.
2. grounds tract, property, acres, estate, farm; surroundings, lawn, yard, common, field, park.
3. Often grounds foundation, base, basis, root; reason, rationale, argument; proof, evidence, testimony, demonstration, premise, proposition; motive, cause, why and wherefore; object, purpose, excuse.
4. grounds dregs, lees, grouts, sediment, deposit, precipitate, settlings.
-v. 5. found, base, set, bottom; fix, settle, stabilize, secure; establish, consolidate, organize, install, institute, groundless, adj. 1. unsupported, ungrounded, unfounded, unsound, unbased, baseless, without basis; conjectural, speculative, suppositional, hypothetical, academic, academical, theoretical, imaginary, illusory; unsubstantial, tenuous, faulty, erroneous, apocryphal.
2. unjustified, unjustifiable, unwarranted, unprovoked, uncalled-for, wanton, gratuitous, without cause or motive or reason; illogical, irrational, unreasonable, senseless, preposterous, absurd, ridiculous, asinine, Sl. cockeyed, groundwork, n. foundation, ground, base, basis; bottom, footing, underpinning; basics, ABCs, elemental, essentials; preparation, preliminaries, Inf. homework; preface, prologue, first things, group, n. 1. collection, assemblage, accumulation, amassment; heap, pile, mass, cumulation; agglomeration, conglomeration.
2. class, classification, family, species, genus, phylum; subdivision, variety, branch, section.
3. set, series, array, assortment; cluster, clump, Bot. sorus, bunch, batch; lot, pack, packet.
4. company, party, body, congregation, assembly, gathering, crowd; team, crew, band, troupe, squad, gang, detail, work party, force, corps, detachment; association, league, sisterhood, brotherhood, sorority, fraternity, sodality, guild; circle, set, clique, coterie; flock, herd, drove, bevy, covey, gaggle, swarm, shoal, school, colony; clan, tribe, sept, phyle, caste.
-v. 5. classify, class, bracket; rank, size, grade, graduate; sort, sift, categorize, assign, dispose; organize, arrange, marshal, coordinate; line up, file, catalog, register, tabulate, index; align, range.
6. associate, get together, keep company with; mingle, hobnob, consort, fraternize. grove, n. stand, copse, copsewood, thicket, brake, canebrake, boscage, covert, pinery, Southwestern U.S. chaparral, Brit, spinney, Chiefly Brit, coppice, Archaic. bosk; orchard, orangery, Obs. arbor; wood, woods, woodland, wooded area, wildwood, forest, grovel, v. 1. kowtow, bow, bow before, bow to, bow and scrape, bend, bend before, stoop, squat, crouch, slouch, hunch; cringe, cower, squirm; whine, whimper, snivel; lick [s.o.'s] shoes, lick or kiss [s.o.'sj feet, kiss the hem of [s.o.'s] garment, Inf. bootlick; court, pay court to, curry favor, keep time to, dance attendance upon, be at [s.o.'s] beck and call, agree to anything, Inf. be a yes man to; toady, toady to, toad-eat, fawn, fawn upon, Sl. fall all over, wheedle, slaver, puff, puff up, inflate, Inf. play up to, Inf. apple-polish, Inf. butter up; Sl. shine up to, Sl. suck up to,