Synonyms for cover ground

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ground

Phonetic Transcription : graʊnd

Définition of cover ground

Origin : Old English grund "bottom, foundation, ground, surface of the earth," especially "bottom of the sea" (a sense preserved in run aground), from Proto-Germanic *grundus, which seems to have meant "deep place" (cf. Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Danish, Swedish grund, Dutch grond, Old High German grunt, German Grund "ground, soil, bottom;" Old Norse grunn "a shallow place," grund "field, plain," grunnr "bottom"). No known cognates outside Germanic. Sense of "reason, motive" first attested c.1200; electrical sense is from 1870.

verb make good time

Example sentences :

But Smithers was a little fellow who could cover ground wonderfully.
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish

They are sharp and they can cover ground faster than we can in the woods.
Extract from : « The Pony Rider Boys in Louisiana » by Frank Gee Patchin

Its short legs could cover ground at an amazing speed, and it had the bold impudence of a creature with few natural enemies.
Extract from : « The Defiant Agents » by Andre Alice Norton

He gauged, with coldblooded attention to certain rough miles in the journey, just how swiftly Coaley could cover ground and live.
Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower

Then Fresno started off, leading his own horse, and at a trot that showed he wanted to cover ground.
Extract from : « The U.P. Trail » by Zane Grey

I enclose a note of my own, which, with Marcy friendly, ought to cover ground enough.
Extract from : « Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden, v. 1 » by Samuel J. Tilden

The results obtained from the simplest machinery can be made to cover ground which is truly artistic.
Extract from : « How to make rugs » by Candace Wheeler

It was an immense pile, and seemed to cover ground enough for a moderate-sized town.
Extract from : « Doctor Thorne » by Anthony Trollope

And that frog-legged second-baseman—oh, say, can't he cover ground!
Extract from : « The Young Pitcher » by Zane Grey

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