1. grounds - Noun
2. grounds - Verb
a justification for something existing or happening
the enclosed land around a house or other building
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue
Source: WordNetNo crime can ever be defended on rational grounds. Livy
I agree with you that there is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents... Thomas Jefferson
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones. Bertrand Russell
If we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable number of stations which would decline to carry it on the grounds that a Western or a quiz show would be more profitable. Edward R. Murrow
The principle of the brotherhood of man is narcissistic... for the grounds for that love have always been the assumption that we ought to realize that we are the same the whole world over. Germaine Greer
If you do not have sandals, find some, if you do not have gun powder, find some for a score to settle with you on the battle grounds. Akan Proverb