(idiomatic) A characteristic or interest shared by multiple people or systems; any belief, etc. held in common.

(idiomatic) A compromise position between extremes. / (art, photography) The middle distance.

A habitually frequented place; a haunt or hangout.

plural of ground swell

Alternative form of groundwater

(intransitive, especially of an animal, chiefly UK) To escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted.

Any member of the order Carcharhiniformes, the largest order of sharks with over 270 species. / A Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus.

(idiomatic) The situation in reality as opposed to in the abstract. / (literally) Some aspects of the situation in a particular location.

Situated on the ground floor

The floor of a building closest to ground level; what is also known by some American English speakers as the first floor. (US) / (informal) The initial stage of a project.