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ground

In art, the prepared surface of the canvas or panel on which a painter works. It is usually white paint (over which a warm tone such as Indian red is sometimes laid) or plaster (see gesso). In etching, the ground is the wax coating of the metal plate through which the artist draws with the etching needle.

ground

In music, composition built on a ground bass, or the bass itself.



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But it is still going to be a difficult pitch to bat on and, as both teams discovered when they locked horns at Lords' last week, boundaries could be thin on the ground early on and momentum difficult to attain.
Byline: DEREK McGOVERN IF SILVERWARE appears thin on the ground at Old Trafford then spare a thought for Newcastle fans.
We are a bit thin on the ground and we lack a bit of belief and experience.
 
 
 
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