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grounds
A	noun
	1	yard, grounds, curtilage
				the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region ╚geographical area; geographic area; geographical region; geographic region ╚tract; piece of land; piece of ground; parcel of land; parcel ╚field ╚yard, grounds, curtilage ╚side yard ╚playground ╚garden ╚front yard ╚dooryard ╚court; courtyard ╚backyard
	2	evidence, grounds
				your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚information ╚evidence, grounds ╚sign ╚symptom ╚lead; track; trail ╚disproof; falsification; refutation ╚proof; cogent evidence ╚probable cause
	3	cause, reason, grounds
				a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚explanation; account ╚justification ╚cause, reason, grounds
	4	grounds
				a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region ╚geographical area; geographic area; geographical region; geographic region ╚tract; piece of land; piece of ground; parcel of land; parcel ╚grounds
	5	dregs, grounds, settlings
				sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚sediment; deposit ╚dregs, grounds, settlings ╚coffee grounds

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