earth
/ə:θ/
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Definition
Noun:
- The third planet from the Sun; the world: The planet on which human beings and most life forms exist.
- The solid ground or land surface: The solid part of the Earth's surface, as opposed to sea or air.
- Soil; the loose, soft material covering much of the land: The substance in which plants grow.
- The realm of human existence; mortal life: The world of human affairs and material concerns, often contrasted with spiritual realms.
- A connection to the ground in an electrical system: A safety connection between an electrical circuit and the ground.
Verb:
- To connect an electrical device to the ground: To provide a path for electric current to flow safely into the ground.
- To cover or hide something with soil: To bury or partially bury something in the ground.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- The Earth moves around the sun. (The planet we inhabit orbits the sun.)
- The plane moved back over land. (The aircraft returned to fly over solid ground.)
- They dug into the earth outside the church. (They excavated the soil outside the church building.)
- They consider the church to be independent of the world. (They believe the church operates separately from secular concerns.)
- Check the earth on that circuit. (Verify the grounding connection for that electrical circuit.)
Verb:
- Earth the circuit for safety. (Connect the electrical circuit to the ground as a safety measure.)
- The dog will earth its bone. (The dog will bury its bone in the ground.)
Advanced Usage
- "to come (back) down to earth": to stop dreaming or fantasizing and return to practical reality.
- After his project failed, he had to come back down to earth.
- "to run to earth": to find something or someone after a long and difficult search.
- The detective finally ran the suspect to earth in a remote village.
- "salt of the earth": a very good, honest, and dependable person.
- My grandmother was the salt of the earth, always helping her neighbors.
Variants and Related Words
- Earthen (adj): made of baked clay or soil.
- An earthen pot.
- Earthly (adj): relating to life on earth or material things; secular.
- He has no earthly possessions.
- Earthiness (n): the quality of being direct, robust, and unrefined.
- The earthiness of his humor.
- Earthwork (n): a large artificial bank of soil, especially for defense.
- Earthquake (n): a sudden violent shaking of the ground.
Synonyms
- Noun (Planet): world, globe.
- Noun (Ground): land, ground, terra firma.
- Noun (Soil): soil, dirt, clay, loam.
- Noun (Mortal life): world, mortal coil.
- Verb (Electrically): ground.
- Verb (Bury): bury, inter.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Earth up (phrasal verb): to heap soil around the base of a plant.
- You should earth up those potato plants.
Related Idioms
- "the ends of the earth": the most remote parts of the world.
- I would go to the ends of the earth for you.
- "like nothing on earth": extremely strange or unpleasant.
- The noise from the machine was like nothing on earth.
- "move heaven and earth": to do everything possible to achieve something.
- She moved heaven and earth to get that job.
Verb
- connect to the earth
- earth the circuit
- hide in the earth like a hunted animal
Noun
- a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
- the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
- they consider the church to be independent of the world
- once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
- the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell)
- it was hell on earth
- the solid part of the earth's surface
- the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land
- the earth shook for several minutes
- he dropped the logs on the ground
- the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
- they dug into the earth outside the church
- the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
- the Earth moves around the sun
- he sailed around the world