English Dictionary for visual learners

earth

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proper noun

1. Definition: The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.

2. Definition: The personification of the Earth or earth, as a fertile woman or goddess.

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noun

1. Definition: Soil.

Example: This is good earth for growing potatoes.

2. Definition: Any general rock-based material.

Example: She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched earth.

3. Definition: The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).

Example: Birds are of the sky, not of the earth.

4. Definition: A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.

5. Definition: The lair (as a hole on the ground) of an animal such as fox.

6. Definition: A region of the planet; a land or country.

7. Definition: Worldly things, as against spiritual ones.

8. Definition: The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).

9. Definition: The people on the globe.

10. Definition: The human body.

11. Definition: The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the four or five classical elements.

12. Definition: Any of certain substances now known to be oxides of metal, which were distinguished by being infusible, and by insolubility in water.

verb

1. Definition: To connect electrically to the earth.

Example: That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed.

2. Definition: To bury.

3. Definition: To burrow.

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