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NOUN | 1 | Earth, world, globe | The 3rd planet from the sun |
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2 | earth, ground | The loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface | |
3 | earth, land, dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma | The solid part of the earth's surface | |
4 | Earth | The abode of mortals (as contrasted with heaven or hell) | |
5 | earth | Once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) | |
6 | earth, worldly concern, earthly concern, world | The concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife | |
7 | earth, ground | A connection between an electrical device and the earth (which is a zero voltage) | |
VERB | 1 | earth | Hide in the earth like a hunted animal |
2 | earth | Connect to the earth |
Sounds | er'th |
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Rhymes | berth, birth, childbirth, and 13 more rhymes in erth at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The 3rd planet from the sun. The planet on which we live. |
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Examples | "the Earth moves around the sun" |
Synonyms | world, globe |
Member of | solar system |
Parts | atmosphere, air; hemisphere; Van Allen belt; hydrosphere; land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma; lithosphere, geosphere; sky |
Broader | terrestrial planet |
Adjectives | planetary, terrestrial; extraterrestrial |
Meaning | The loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface. |
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Examples | "they dug into the earth outside the church" |
Synonyms | ground |
Narrower | moraine; diatomaceous earth, diatomite, kieselguhr; saprolite; soil, dirt |
Broader | material, stuff |
Adjectives | earthen |
Verbs | earth; earth |
Meaning | The solid part of the earth's surface. |
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Examples | "the earth shook for several minutes" |
Synonyms | land, dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma |
Part of | Earth, world, globe |
Narrower | America, the Americas; archipelago; beachfront; cape, ness; coastal plain; floor; foreland; forest, woodland, timberland, timber; hills; island; isthmus; landmass; mainland; neck; oxbow; peninsula; plain, field, champaign; slash; wonderland |
Broader | object, physical object |
Adjectives | tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, terrene; semiterrestrial |
Verbs | earth |
Meaning | The abode of mortals (as contrasted with heaven or hell). |
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Examples | "it was hell on earth" |
Broader | location |
Meaning | Once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles). |
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Broader | element |
Usage | archaism, archaicism |
Meaning | The concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife. |
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Synonyms | worldly concern, earthly concern, world |
Broader | concern |
Meaning | A connection between an electrical device and the earth (which is a zero voltage). |
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Synonyms | ground |
Broader | connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective |
Meaning | Hide in the earth like a hunted animal. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Broader | hide, hide out |
Nouns | earth |
Meaning | Connect to the earth. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "earth the circuit" |
Broader | ground |
Nouns | earth; earth; earthing |