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Earth
/ɜːθ/
The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.
📖 Definitions of "Earth"
proper noun
- 1
The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.
- 2
The personification of the Earth or earth, as a fertile woman or goddess.
noun
- 1
Soil.
"This is good earth for growing potatoes."
- 2
Any general rock-based material.
"She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched earth."
- 3
The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
"Birds are of the sky, not of the earth."
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A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.
verb
- 1
To connect electrically to the earth.
"That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed."
- 2
To bury.
- 3
To burrow.
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