ground
noun
the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land.
groundwards
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a word derived from
ground.
Example Sentences
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"In the village of the Flying Men," stammered Lathrop, as, one after another, the inhabitants of the rock holes dropped from their aeries and floated groundwards.
From The Boy Aviators in Africa by John Henry Goldfrap
Hearing this he bowed his brow groundwards and presently raising it he cried, "Bring me two eggs and void them of their contents and see that the shells be clean empty."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Master Ghizla also, standing beside a statue of Hermes in the middle of his garden, bowed in this fashion, bending low, with his hands stretched groundwards.
From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Louis Couperus
"What is thy name?" quoth he, and quoth the youth, bowing his brow groundwards, "My name, O Commander of the Faithful, is SÝdÝ Nu'umßn."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Then he bowed his head groundwards and presently raising it again, made pro fession of The Faith and islamised at the hands of the Sultan.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
