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