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Earth

Earth Meaning & Definition
Earth Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Earth?

[n] a connection between an electrical device and the earth (which is a zero voltage)
[n] the concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world"
[n] the abode of mortals (as contrasted with heaven or hell); "it was hell on earth"
[n] the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"
[n] the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"
[n] the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface; "they dug into the earth outside the church"
[n] (archaic) once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
[v] connect to the earth, as of a circuit
[v] hide in the earth, as of a hunted fox

Synonyms | Synonyms for Earth: earthly concern | globe | ground | ground | world | world | worldly concern

Related Terms | Find terms related to Earth: abri | acres | air | air-raid shelter | alluvion | alluvium | arable land | ashes | asteroid | atom | atomic particles | billiard table | biosphere | body | bomb shelter | bombproof | bones | bowling green | brute matter | building block | bunker | burrow | cadaver | carcass | carpet | carrion | cave | chemical element | clay | clod | component | concealment | constituent | corpse | corpus delicti | cosmos | couch | cover | covert | coverture | creation | crowbait | crust | cyclone cellar | dead body | dead flat | dead level | dead man | dead person | decedent | deck | den | dirt | dry bones | dry land | dugout | dust | Earth | earthbound | earthly | element | elementary particle | elementary unit | embalmed corpse | esplanade | fallout shelter | fill | fire | flat | flatland | floor | floor covering | flooring | fluvioterrestrial | food for worms | form | foxhole | freehold | fundamental particle | funk hole | Gaea | Ge | geography | geophilous | geosphere | glebe | globe | grassland | gravel | ground | hole | homaloid | horizontal | horizontal axis | horizontal fault | horizontal line | horizontal parallax | horizontal plane | horizontal projection | humus | hyle | hypostasis | inferior planet | Jupiter | lair | land | landholdings | late lamented | ledge | level | level line | level plane | lithosphere | loam | lodge | macrocosm | major planet | marginal land | marl | Mars | material | material world | materiality | matter | mean sea level | Mercury | mew | minor planet | mold | molecule | monad | mortal remains | mother earth | mould | mud | mummification | mummy | natural world | nature | Neptune | orb | organic remains | parquet | parterre | pave | pavement | paving | physical world | plain | plane | planet | planetoid | platform | plenum | Pluto | prairie | real estate | real property | region | regolith | relics | reliquiae | remains | run | safety zone | sand | Saturn | sea level | sea of grass | secondary planet | shelter | skeleton | sod | soil | solar system | sphere | steppe | stiff | storm cave | storm cellar | stuff | subaerial deposit | subastral | sublunar | subsoil | substance | substratum | superior planet | surfacing | table | tellurian | telluric | Tellus | tenement of clay | Terra | terra firma | terrace | terrain | terraqueous | terrene | terrestrial | terrestrial globe | terrestrial planet | territory | the blue planet | the country | the dead | the deceased | the defunct | the departed | the four elements | the loved one | this pendent world | topsoil | trench | tunnel | turf | unit of being | universe | Uranus | vale | vale of tears | Venus | wanderer | water | water level | whole wide world | woodland | world

See Also | America | archipelago | atmosphere | beachfront | cape | champaign | coastal plain | concern | connecter | connection | connective | connector | connexion | diatomaceous earth | diatomite | dirt | dry land | earth | element | field | floor | foreland | forest | geosphere | ground | ground | hemisphere | hide | hills | hydrosphere | island | isthmus | kieselguhr | land | landmass | lithosphere | location | mainland | material | moraine | neck | ness | object | oxbow | peninsula | physical object | plain | saprolite | sky | slash | soil | solar system | solid ground | stuff | terra firma | terrestrial planet | the Americas | timber | timberland | Van Allen belt | wonderland | woodland

Earth In Webster's Dictionary

\Earth\, n. [AS. eor?e; akin to OS. ertha, OFries. irthe, D. aarde, OHG. erda, G. erde, Icel. j["o]r?, Sw. & Dan. jord, Goth. a[=i]rpa, OHG. ero, Gr. ?, adv., to earth, and perh. to E. ear to plow.] 1. The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in distinction from the dwelling place of spirits. That law preserves the earth a sphere And guides the planets in their course. --S. Rogers. In heaven, or earth, or under earth, in hell. --Milton. 2. The solid materials which make up the globe, in distinction from the air or water; the dry land. God called the dry land earth. --Gen. i. 10. He is pure air and fire, and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in him. --Shak. 3. The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like; sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth; rich earth. Give him a little earth for charity. --Shak. 4. A part of this globe; a region; a country; land. Would I had never trod this English earth. --Shak. 5. Worldly things, as opposed to spiritual things; the pursuits, interests, and allurements of this life. Our weary souls by earth beguiled. --Keble. 6. The people on the globe. The whole earth was of one language. --Gen. xi. 1. 7. (Chem.) (a) Any earthy-looking metallic oxide, as alumina, glucina, zirconia, yttria, and thoria. (b) A similar oxide, having a slight alkaline reaction, as lime, magnesia, strontia, baryta. 8. A hole in the ground, where an animal hides himself; as, the earth of a fox. --Macaulay. They [ferrets] course the poor conies out of their earths. --Holland. Note: Earth is used either adjectively or in combination to form compound words; as, earth apple or earth-apple; earth metal or earth-metal; earth closet or earth-closet. {Adamic earth}, {Bitter earth}, {Bog earth}, {Chian earth}, etc. See under {Adamic}, {Bitter}, etc. {Alkaline earths}. See under {Alkaline}. {Earth apple}. (Bot.) (a) A potato. (b) A cucumber. {Earth auger}, a form of auger for boring into the ground; -- called also {earth borer}. {Earth bath}, a bath taken by immersing the naked body in earth for healing purposes. {Earth battery} (Physics), a voltaic battery the elements of which are buried in the earth to be acted on by its moisture. {Earth chestnut}, the pignut. {Earth closet}, a privy or commode provided with dry earth or a similar substance for covering and deodorizing the f[ae]cal discharges. {Earth dog} (Zo["o]l.), a dog that will dig in the earth, or enter holes of foxes, etc. {Earth hog}, {Earth pig} (Zo["o]l.), the aard-vark. {Earth hunger}, an intense desire to own land, or, in the case of nations, to extend their domain. {Earth light} (Astron.), the light reflected by the earth, as upon the moon, and corresponding to moonlight; -- called also {earth shine}. --Sir J. Herschel. {Earth metal}. See 1st {Earth}, 7. (Chem.) {Earth oil}, petroleum. {Earth pillars} or {pyramids} (Geol.), high pillars or pyramids of earth, sometimes capped with a single stone, found in Switzerland. --Lyell. {Earth pitch} (Min.), mineral tar, a kind of asphaltum. {Earth quadrant}, a fourth of the earth's circumference. {Earth table} (Arch.), the lowest course of stones visible in a building; the ground table. {On earth}, an intensive expression, oftenest used in questions and exclamations; as, What on earth shall I do? Nothing on earth will satisfy him. [Colloq.]
\Earth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Earthed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Earthing}.] 1. To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den. ``The fox is earthed.'' --Dryden. 2. To cover with earth or mold; to inter; to bury; -- sometimes with up. The miser earths his treasure, and the thief, Watching the mole, half beggars him ere noon. --Young. Why this in earthing up a carcass? --R. Blair.
\Earth\, v. i. To burrow. --Tickell.
\Earth\, n. [From {Ear} to plow.] A plowing. [Obs.] Such land as ye break up for barley to sow, Two earths at the least, ere ye sow it, bestow. --Tusser.
\Earth\, n. (Elec.) The connection of any part an electric conductor with the ground; specif., the connection of a telegraph line with the ground through a fault or otherwise. Note: When the resistance of the earth connection is low it is termed a good earth.

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