grounds
    n 1: your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to
         base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer
         is very compelling" [syn: evidence, grounds]
    2: the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a
       small house with almost no yard" [syn: yard, grounds,
       curtilage]
    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"
       [syn: cause, reason, grounds]
    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"

Home \Home\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic;
      not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. (Games) In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a
      progress; goal; as:
      (a) (Baseball) The plate at which the batter stands; same
          as home base and home plate.
      (b) (Lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an
          opponent's goal; also, the player.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   Home base or Home plate (Baseball), the base at which the
      batter stands when batting, and which is the last base to
      be reached in scoring a run.

   Home farm, grounds, etc., the farm, grounds, etc.,
      adjacent to the residence of the owner.

   Home lot, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home
      stands. [U. S.]

   Home rule, rule or government of an appendent or dependent
      country, as to all local and internal legislation, by
      means of a governing power vested in the people within the
      country itself, in contradistinction to a government
      established by the dominant country; as, home rule in
      Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of
      Parliament.

   Home ruler, one who favors or advocates home rule.

   Home stretch (Sport.), that part of a race course between
      the last curve and the winning post.

   Home thrust, a well directed or effective thrust; one that
      wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal
      attack.
      [1913 Webster]