globe

Definitions

1. A city, the county seat of Gila County, Arizona.
2. Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.
3. The eyeball.
4. Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object. The eyeball
5. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin.
6. A part of a device, often a lamp.
7. The eyeball
8. The planet Earth.
9. A part of a device, often a lamp
10. The planet Earth
11. A spherical model of Earth or other planet.
12. A spherical model of Earth or other planet
13. A light bulb.
    Australia, South-Africa, dated
14. A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.
15. A woman's breast or buttock, whichever is more prominent.
    in-plural, slang
16. A group.
    obsolete
17. A land snail of the genus Mesodon.

Equivalents

44 more languages

العربيةالكرة الأرضيةكرةكُرَة أَرْضِيَّة

Azərbaycan diliyer kürəsi

Беларускаязямля

Българскиглобус

Bosanskiglobegloboglobuglobuskuglakurešarsferaглобускуглашар+ 8 more

Catalàglobus

Češtinaglóbuszeměkoule

Danskglobusklode

Ελληνικάυδρόγειοςυδρόγειος σφαίρα

Esperantoterglobuso

Suomikarttapallomaapallopallokartta

Gaeilgecruinneog

Gàidhligcruinne

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻihulipoepoe

עבריתגלובוסכַּדּוּר הָאָרֶץ

हिन्दीगोला

Hrvatskiglobegloboglobuglobuskuglakurešarsferaглобускуглашар+ 8 more

Magyarföldgömb

Bahasa Indonesiabola duniaglobe

Italianoglobo

日本語グローブ地球地球儀球+ 1 more

Қазақ тіліглобус

한국어지구지구본지구의

Kurdîkûre

Latinapilasphaera

Te Reo Māoriporotaka

МакедонскиглобусЗемјина топка

Bahasa Melayuglob

မြန်မာကမ္ဘာကမ္ဘာလုံး

Nederlandsglobewereldbol

Polskiglobglob ziemskiglobuskula ziemskaziemiokrąg+ 2 more

پښتوغونډاری

Portuguêsglobo

Românăglobpământ

Русскийглобусземляземно́й шар

Slovenčinaglóbus

Српскиglobegloboglobuglobuskuglakurešarsferaглобускуглашар+ 8 more

Svenskaglobjordenjordglobjordklot+ 1 more

Kiswahiliglobu

తెలుగుగోళముభూగోళము

ไทยลูกโลกโลก

Tagalogglobo

Türkçeküreyerküre

УкраїнськаглобусЗемля

Examples

“the globe of a lamp”

“Already Cæſar Has ravaged more than half the Globe, and ſees Mankind grown thin by his deſtructive Sword: Should he go further, Numbers would be wanting To form⟳ new Battels, and ſupport his Crimes.”

“But whatever opinion or theory may be formed by any one, all agree⟳ that at some period or other this world has been destroyed by water, and that the proofs of this assertion are found in every part of the globe”

“Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call⟳ it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play⟳ consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate⟳ big free trade⟳ and investment agreements.”

“Don't ask⟳ for a new globe just because the old one needs dusting. The old-style carbon lamps wasted electricity when they began to fade⟳ and it was economy to replace⟳ them.”

“Him round / A globe of fiery seraphim enclosed.”

“Meanwhile, Jennifer Lopez went with her favorite silhouette: a robe-like dress, barely fastened solely in the areas you actually can’t reveal⟳ on the red carpet (remember⟳ that famous Versace number⟳ at the Grammys?). This year, she wore a silver and cream Zuhair Murad that showed off all of her best assets, which even caused Jeremy Renner to blurt out a comment⟳ about her “globes” on stage⟳.”

“'I got my wig out and my globes,' she joked to E! News host⟳ Ryan Seacrest, adjusting her breasts.”

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