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earth   (TTS Sound)

The noun earth has 7 senses

• Earth, earth, world, globe -- (the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world")


• earth, ground -- (the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface; "they dug into the earth outside the church")


• land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma -- (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")


• Earth, earth -- (the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell); "it was hell on earth")


• earth -- (once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles))


• worldly concern, earthly concern, world, earth -- (the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world")


• ground, earth -- (a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage))

The verb earth has 2 senses

• earth -- (hide in the earth like a hunted animal)


• earth -- (connect to the earth; "earth the circuit")