Meaning & Definition of Grounds in English

1. Your basis for belief or disbelief

• Knowledge on which to base belief

• "The evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"

2. The enclosed land around a house or other building

• "It was a small house with almost no yard"

3. A tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)

4. A justification for something existing or happening

• "He had no cause to complain"

• "They had good reason to rejoice"

5. Dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue

• "It is a middle eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds"