earth
/ɜːθ/
Dictionary
proper noun
- The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.
- The personification of the Earth or earth, as a fertile woman or goddess.
noun
- Soil.
"This is good earth for growing potatoes."
- Any general rock-based material.
"She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched earth."
- The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
"Birds are of the sky, not of the earth."
- A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.
- The lair (as a hole on the ground) of an animal such as fox.
- A region of the planet; a land or country.
- Worldly things, as against spiritual ones.
- The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).
- The people on the globe.
- The human body.
- The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the four or five classical elements.
- Any of certain substances now known to be oxides of metal, which were distinguished by being infusible, and by insolubility in water.
verb
- To connect electrically to the earth.
"That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed."
- To bury.
- To burrow.
Synonyms:ground
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