Meaning of earth | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Earth; our planet, third out from the Sun.
   alt-of
2. Soil.
   uncountable
3. Alternative letter-case form of Earth; our planet, third out from the Sun
4. land, ground (the part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)
5. The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.
   uncountable, usually
6. The personification of the Earth or earth, (chiefly) as a fertile woman or (religion) goddess.
   uncountable, usually
7. To burrow or hide in the ground. Used of a hunted animal.
8. Any general rock-based material.
   uncountable
9. Soil
10. earth, soil (the unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth)
11. Among all the possibilities: Why on earth did you put on that outfit?
12. The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
    countable, uncountable
13. Any general rock-based material
14. land, terrain (an area of land or the particular features of it)
15. that part of the earth’s surface where most forms of life exist, specifically those parts where there is water or atmosphere.
16. A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.
    British, countable, uncountable
17. The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea)
18. land, terrain (reserved for growing crops)
19. having to do with the underworld.
20. The lair or den (as a hole in the ground) of an animal such as a fox.
    countable, uncountable
21. A connection electrically to the earth ( ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner
22. homeland (one's country of birth)
23. a hollow glass globe for depicting the position of the earth in relation to the fixed stars at a given time.
24. A region of the planet; a land or country.
    countable, uncountable
25. the process of movement that causes the earth’s crust to form continents, mountains, oceans, etc. — diastrophe, n. — diastrophic, adj.
    n
26. Worldly things, as against spiritual ones.
    countable, uncountable
27. the vertical movement or tilting of the earth’s crust, affecting broad expanses of continents. — epeirogenic, epeirogenetic, adj.
    adj
28. The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).
    countable, uncountable
29. the branch of geology that describes the past in terms of geologic rather than human time. — geochronologist, n. — geochronologic, geochronological, adj.
    n
30. The people on the globe.
    countable, metonymically, uncountable
31. the science of the forces at work within the earth. — geodynamic, adj.
    adj
32. Any planet similar to the Earth (our earth): an exoplanet viewed as another earth, or a potential one.
    countable, uncountable
33. a theory or science about the formation of the earth. — geogonic, adj.
    adj
34. The human body.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
35. The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the four or five classical elements.
    countable, uncountable
36. Any of certain substances now known to be oxides of metal, which were distinguished by being infusible, and by insolubility in water.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The astronauts saw the earth from the porthole.”

“We live in the flicker - may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling!”

“This is good earth for growing potatoes.”

“She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched earth.”

“Birds are of the sky, not of the earth.”

“Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.”

“"Beauty is truth, truth beauty,"—that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.”

“And the whole earth was of one language, and of one ſpeach.”

“New space telescopes may accelerate the search for other earths that may be out there.”

“The term Earths was formerly, and is still, but in a modified sense, applied to several substances which compose all the various rocks, stones, gems, mountains, and soils covering the face of the globe. They are tasteless, inodorous, dry, uninflamable, sparingly soluble, difficult of fusion, and of moderate specific gravity.”

“It's my theory that we'll keep being reborn on as many Earths as it takes until every person gets it exactly right from the moment they are born until the moment they die.”

“The arrival of the new prefixes means the Earth can now be said to weigh six ronnagrams, and Jupiter about two quettagrams.”

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