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Meaning
Noun
●
Soil.
●
Any general rock-based material.
●
The
ground
,
land
(
as opposed to
the
sky
or sea).
●
In British English:
A
connection
electrically
to the
earth
((US)
ground
); on
equipment
: a
terminal
connected
in that
manner.
●
The
lair
or
den
(as a
hole
in the ground
) of an
animal
such as a fox.
●
A
region
of the
planet
; a
land
or country.
●
Worldly things,
as against
spiritual
ones.
●
The world of our current life (
as opposed to
heaven
or an afterlife).
●
In Earth:
The people on the globe.
●
In Earth:
Any
planet
similar
to the Earth (our
earth
): an
exoplanet
viewed
as another
earth
, or a potential one.
●
The human body.
●
In Alchemy, Philosophy & Taoism:
The
aforementioned
soil
- or rock-based
material
, considered one of the
four
or
five
classical
elements.
●
In Chemistry:
Any of certain
substances
now known to be
oxides
of
metal
, which were
distinguished
by being
infusible
, and by
insolubility
in water.
Verb
●
In British English:
To
connect
electrically
to the earth.
●
To bury.
●
To
hide
, or cause to
hide
, in the
earth
; to
chase
into a
burrow
or den.
●
In Animal dwellings:
To burrow.
Name
●
Alternative letter-case form of Earth; our
planet
,
third
out from the Sun.
●
The
third
planet
of the Solar System; the world upon which
humans
live.
●
The
personification
of the Earth or
earth
, (chiefly) as a
fertile
woman
or (religion) goddess.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
earth
English
erthe
Middle English (1100-1500)
eorþe
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Airth
Erd
Yearth
Globe
World
Earth
Ground
Terrestrial
Soil
Related
Moon
Mars
Planet
Universe
Planets
Sun
Ocean
Cosmos
Jupiter
Biosphere
Galaxy
Oceans
Sea
Humankind
God
Mankind
Pluto
Humanity
Asteroid
Water
Lithosphere
Body
Land
Wind
Life
Continent
Planetary
Atmosphere
Rock
Volcano
Crust
Air
Saturn
Mantle
Heavens
Country
Nature
Forest
Arctic
Orbit
Heaven
City
Metal
Antarctica
Light
Place
Solar System
Home Planet
Human Race
Dry Land
Red Planet
Terra Firma
More
Rhymes
Firth
Earth
Mirth
Earth
Worth
Birth
Berth
Girth
Dearth
Unearth
Rebirth
Inearth
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