Earth Definition

ûrth
earths
noun
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The planet that we live on; terrestrial globe: it is the fifth largest planet of the solar system and the third in distance from the sun: diameter, c. 12,760 km (c. 7,930 mi); period of revolution, one earth year; period of rotation, 24 hours; one satellite; symbol, ♁
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All the people on earth.
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This world, as distinguished from heaven and hell.
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The soft, granular or crumbly part of land; soil; ground.
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Land, as distinguished from sea or sky; the ground.
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pronoun

The third planet in order from the Sun, upon which humans live. Represented in astronomy and astrology by ♁ and ⊕.

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Our planet, third out from the Sun; see main entry Earth.

The astronauts saw the earth from the porthole.
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verb
earths
To cover (up) with soil for protection, as seeds or plants.
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To chase (an animal) into a hole or burrow.
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To hide in a burrow.
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(UK) To connect electrically to the earth.

That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed.
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To bury.

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idiom
on earth
  • Among all the possibilities:

    Why on earth did you put on that outfit?

American Heritage
come back to earth
  • to stop being impractical; return to reality
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down to earth
  • practical; realistic
  • sincere; without affectation
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go to earth
  • to go into hiding
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on earth
  • of all things

    what on earth do you mean?

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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Earth

Origin of Earth

  • From Middle English erthe, from Old English eorþe (“earth, ground, soil, dry land”), from Proto-Germanic *erþō (“earth, ground, soil”) (compare West Frisian ierde, Low German Er(de)/Ir(de), Dutch aarde, German Erde, Danish jord), related to *erwōn 'earth' (compare Old High German ero, perhaps Old Norse jǫrfi 'gravel'), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er- (compare Ancient Greek *ἔρα (*era) in ἔραζε (eraze, “on the ground”), perhaps Tocharian B yare 'gravel'; probably unrelated though of unknown etymology: Old Armenian երկիր (erkir, “earth”)). The phonologically similar Proto-Semitic *ʾarṣ́- and its reflexes (Arabic أَرْضٌ (ʾarḍ), Hebrew אֶרֶץ (ʾereṣ)) are probably not related.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English erthe from Old English eorthe er-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old English eorþe.

    From Wiktionary

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