grounds

Etymology 1

noun

1. plural of ground

verb

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ground

Etymology 2

From ground (“basis, surroundings”).

noun

1. (law) Basis or justification for something.
   grounds for divorce
2. The collective land areas that compose a larger area.
   the castle grounds
   House Prees and Bloods […] were everywhere to be seen in earnest colloquy. For the matter was, that there was some sort of night-prowler about the school grounds. 1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days

Etymology 3

From ground, past participle of to grind.

noun

1. The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.
   coffee grounds