Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Ground"

A: a lightening round is a number of questions that are asked very quickly.

A: Losing ground means that you're now at a bad situation

To fall behind someone / something or being less successful / valuable depends on how you use this phrase

E.g. Losing power, position in a company

A: To begin
To get a good start

A: @Jun24:
Yep! It sounds like her friend's hair literally froze to the ground. That's a really weird and sad thing to happen haha

A: @guu-: this means that you are falling, as it looks like the ground is suddenly coming in front of you as you fall. This is often used as a metaphor for problems that are suddenly becoming a big issue, as the ground would be the problem coming quickly towards you, and you are falling fast towards them. People do not often use this in every day talk, but it is a very poetic thing to say

A: Get off the ground and sit back in your seat.
It took a long time for the airplane to get off the ground.
I watched her get off the ground and then slap him in the face.
He tried to jump really high, but he could only get off the ground about 5 inches.
The product didn't get off the ground, since we didn't raise enough money.

A: Relevant means it is connected to the topic you are talking about.

“This article is relevant to our conversation yesterday.”

“Please don’t bother me with irrelevant details.” (Irrelevant means not relevant.)

“Before you make a decision, please find out all the relevant information.”

“She is no longer relevant to my life.” (Meaning we are not friends now because we are too different, or I am pushing her away because she has upset me too much.)

“Being grounded is a relevant skill to be an airline pilot, because you need to be able to think calmly if you are flying a plane.”

A: You are grounded; no TV or phone for a week.
She seems very grounded even though her husband just left her.
Your understanding of the solar system should be grounded on teachings from class, not comic books.

A: I don't know any expressions using that exact phrase but I think this is what you're looking for:
"Cheating on the exam is grounds for expulsion."

A: Situation #1: you are at a company making a new product. Example: "In order to get this product off the ground, we need to make sure it works perfectly."
Situation #2: Usually indicates you are starting something for the first time. Example: "Let's get this off the ground so we can make some money."

A: Land means a surface of the Earth that is not covered by a body of water. Ground is any type of land such as dirt, mud, grass, etc..

A: The ground is more like the outside ,so the dirt or the grass .
The floor is the inside.
The 2 have the same meaning as far as I know it.

A: Ground usually for outside while floor is inside

A: The ground floor is almost always even with the ground. The first floor may not always be the ground floor, depending on what numbering system is used by the building. Some may label the floor below ground as B (for basement.) There can be two floors below ground, labeled B1, and B2. Sometimes the main floor is labeled L for lobby. Sometimes numbers can skip a floor or the other way around. Some numbers start numbering the actual first floor (whether above or below ground as '1'. Strictly speaking, the first floor is always the actual first floor, if it is the first floor the building has, but don't use that. You can quickly figure out a building floor numbering plan by glancing at the buttons in the elevator. Or if you use the stairs, typically the floor number or name will be on the door before you enter the floor. Be careful when taking the stairs because some places keep the stairwell doors locked and you may have to take the stairs all the way to the main floor. Which brings me to another point, some floors are labeled M for main.

A: Ground black pepper is more specific than just black pepper.

A: The adjective squishy describes something very ductile (可塑).

Gum is a good example of something squishy.

Squishy grounds aren’t hard, they are wet and have a texture similar to chewing gum.

A: highest possible ground is more natural than possible highest ground.

A: Yes that's correct.

A: All AC circuits should be shorted to the ground. If there is a voltage surge (with a corresponding over-capacity current) or short, you want the natural course of the current to go to the ground and not melt a wire or junction. ...or your body!

A: We have reached ground zero. Or you could say rock bottom!!😊

A: "He slipped and fell, but he played it off by doing some push-ups" sounds better

A: Perhaps it should be "It rejected me the experience with some people I've met before."

A: It is a metaphor meaning they have to go back to the beginning/start, just like you have to build a building from the ground ---> and then go up. So he is saying they have to think about building a completely different system.

A: It's a joke using pepper factory. Pepper is ground in a pepper mill or pepper grinder. He's making a joke that William was ground like pepper (in a pepper factory) and that is how he died.

A: Candice would be perfect