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groundwork
n. basis, spadework, preparation(s), base, foundation,
underpinning(s), cornerstone: The report provided the
groundwork for the research.
group n. 1 assembly, assemblage, gathering, congregation, company,
number, alliance, union, association, organization, league,
society, coterie, clique, set, band, circle, club, party, body,
faction, crowd, team, corps, guild, troupe, unit, troop,
platoon, squad, gang: A group of revolutionaries meets nightly
in a basement in Krakowskaya Street. 2 batch, aggregation, set,
grouping, collection, assemblage, bunch, accumulation,
conglomeration, agglomeration, assortment, series; pile, heap,
bundle: The entire group of abstract paintings was auctioned at
double their estimated value.
--v. 3 classify, class, sort, bracket, organize, order, rank,
assort, categorize, catalogue: Books are grouped according to
subject. 4 collect, assemble, arrange, place, dispose, gather,
organize, bring or put together, set apart: Group oversized
books together on the lowest shelves.
grovelling
adj. obsequious, fawning, toadying, toad-eating, sycophantish,
subservient, slavish, servile, submissive, kowtowing, cringing,
cowering, truckling, snivelling, scraping, tugging the forelock,
abject, crawling, base, low, mean, sordid, Colloq boot-licking,
US apple-polishing; Slang brown-nosing, Brit arse-kissing,
arse-licking, US ass-kissing, ass-licking: The grovelling
coward threw himself to the ground, begging forgiveness.
grow v. 1 flourish, develop, increase, become larger or greater,
enlarge, wax, swell, expand, broaden, thicken, spread, lengthen,
multiply, burgeon or bourgeon, thrive, luxuriate, prosper,
mature, ripen, bloom, flower, blossom, fructify, bear or yield
fruit: The seeds he had planted grew abundantly. The population
continues to grow. 2 develop, evolve, arise, issue, stem, spring
(up), originate: A great friendship grew out of their
association. 3 plant, cultivate, breed, nurture, raise,
propagate, produce; sow: Cathcart grows sorghum where he used
to grow alfalfa. 4 become, get: I am growing fonder of you
every day, Abbie. 5 grow on. get or become accepted by, come or
begin to be liked by, to gain or increase in interest or