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earth

Dictionary definition · Earth

noun

  1. the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on"the Earth moves around the sun"
  2. the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on"the Earth moves around the sun"
  3. the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell)"it was hell on earth"
  4. the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface"they dug into the earth outside the church"
  5. the solid part of the earth's surface"the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"
  6. the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell)"it was hell on earth"
  7. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour black bile
  8. the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife"they consider the church to be independent of the world"
  9. a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

verb

  1. hide in the earth like a hunted animal
  2. connect to the earth"earth the circuit"

Similar words

globeworldgrounddry landlandsolid groundterra firmaearthly concernworldly concern

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).