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earth

/ɜːθ/

proper noun

Meaning

  • 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.

Synonyms

Mother Earth,
Sol III,
Terra,
globe,
world,
Middle Earth,
Midgard

noun

Meaning

  • 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

Meaning

  • To connect electrically to the earth.

    "That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed."

  • To bury.

  • To burrow.

Synonyms

ground