earth

  • (proper noun): The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.
  • (proper noun): The personification of the Earth or earth, as a fertile woman or goddess.
  • (noun): Soil.
  • (noun): Any general rock-based material.
  • (noun): The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
  • (noun): A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.
  • (noun): The lair (as a hole on the ground) of an animal such as fox.
  • (noun): A region of the planet; a land or country.
  • (noun): Worldly things, as against spiritual ones.
  • (noun): The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).
  • (noun): The people on the globe.
  • (noun): The human body.
  • (noun): The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the four or five classical elements.
  • (noun): Any of certain substances now known to be oxides of metal, which were distinguished by being infusible, and by insolubility in water.
  • (verb): To connect electrically to the earth.
  • (verb): To bury.
  • (verb): To burrow.
  • This is good earth for growing potatoes.
  • She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched earth.
  • Birds are of the sky, not of the earth.
  • That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed.