ALL meanings of earth
earth
E e - noun earth (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite. 1
- noun earth the inhabitants of this planet, especially the human inhabitants: The whole earth rejoiced. 1
- noun earth this planet as the habitation of humans, often in contrast to heaven and hell: to create a hell on earth. 1
- noun earth the surface of this planet: to fall to earth. 1
- noun earth the solid matter of this planet; dry land; ground. 1
- noun earth soil and dirt, as distinguished from rock and sand; the softer part of the land. 1
- noun earth the hole of a burrowing animal; lair. 1
- noun earth Chemistry. any of several metallic oxides that are difficult to reduce, as alumina, zirconia, and yttria. Compare alkaline earth, rare earth. 1
- noun earth Also called earth color. Fine Arts. any of various pigments consisting chiefly of iron oxides and tending toward brown in hue. 1
- noun earth Chiefly British Electronics. a ground. 1
- noun earth Archaic. a land or country. 1
- verb with object earth Chiefly British Electronics. to ground. 1
- idioms earth move heaven and earth. heaven (def 8). 1
- idioms earth on earth, in the world: Where on earth have you been? 1
- idioms earth run to earth, Hunting. to chase (an animal) into its hole or burrow: to run a fox to earth. to search out; track down: They ran the fugitive to earth in Algiers. 1
- noun earth soil 1
- noun earth ground 1
- noun earth electrical wire: ground 1
- noun earth lair 1
- transitive verb earth electricity: connect ground wire 1
- noun earth Cover the root and lower stem of a plant with heaped-up earth. 1
- proper noun earth Earth or the Earth is the planet on which we live. People usually say Earth when they are referring to the planet as part of the universe, and the Earth when they are talking about the planet as the place where we live. 0
- singular noun earth The earth is the land surface on which we live and move about. 0
- uncountable noun earth Earth is the substance on the land surface of the earth, for example clay or sand, in which plants grow. 0
- countable noun earth An earth is a hole in the ground in which an animal such as a fox lives. 0
- singular noun earth The earth in an electric plug or piece of electrical equipment is the wire through which electricity can pass into the ground, which makes the equipment safe if something goes wrong with it. 0
- noun earth the third planet from the sun, the only planet on which life is known to exist. It is not quite spherical, being flattened at the poles, and consists of three geological zones, the core, mantle, and thin outer crust. The surface, covered with large areas of water, is enveloped by an atmosphere principally of nitrogen (78 per cent), oxygen (21 per cent), and some water vapour. The age is estimated at over four thousand million years. Distance from sun: 149.6 million km; equatorial diameter: 12 756 km; mass: 5.976 × 1024 kg; sidereal period of axial rotation: 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds; sidereal period of revolution about sun: 365.256 days 0
- noun earth the inhabitants of this planet 0
- noun earth the dry surface of this planet as distinguished from sea or sky; land; ground 0
- noun earth the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the surface of the ground and consists of disintegrated rock particles, mould, clay, etc; soil 0
- noun earth worldly or temporal matters as opposed to the concerns of the spirit 0
- noun earth the hole in which some species of burrowing animals, esp foxes, live 0
- noun earth a connection between an electrical circuit or device and the earth, which is at zero potential 0
- noun earth a terminal to which this connection is made 0
- noun earth any of various brown pigments composed chiefly of iron oxides 0
- noun earth of or relating to a group of three signs of the zodiac, Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn 0
- verb earth (of a hunted fox) to go to ground 0
- verb earth to connect (a circuit, device, etc) to earth 0
- noun earth 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, ♁ 0
- noun earth this world, as distinguished from heaven and hell 0
- noun earth all the people on the earth 0
- noun earth land, as distinguished from sea or sky; the ground 0
- noun earth the soft, granular or crumbly part of land; soil; ground 0
- noun earth the substance of the human body 0
- noun earth the human body 0
- noun earth the concerns, interests, etc. of human life; worldly matters 0
- noun earth the hole of a burrowing animal; lair 0
- noun earth a land or country 0
- noun earth any of the metallic oxides, formerly classed as elements, which are reduced with difficulty to an alkaline-earth metal, rare-earth element, or certain other metals 0
- noun earth ground1 0