earth
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- noun
- /ɜrθ/
- The polar ice caps have melted, covering the earth with water.
- earth-like planets
- surface of the earth
- earth's atmosphere
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Watch on YouTubeThe lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun.
- The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun.
- The elder things spread across the the entire earth for a while.
- The biggest country on earth with resources and no budget.
- And when the apple falls out of the tree, the earth pulls it down.
- That's there's nowhere, there's nowhere on this earth where that's a fair trade for me.
- You only have one body on this earth, one life, one brain.
- I crisscrossed the earth in planes, trains, and jeeps.
- When the dinosaurs roamed the earth, they there was one giant continent.
- Did they emerge with the earth itself in Earthsea?
- OK, so particular place in the whole earth, Galilee.
Examples
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For all we know, tomorrow night could be the last night they ever see earth.
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The changes that the earth is now undergoing are not uniform.
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I believe that the earth will eventually die.
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Turns out that the earth is really, really big.
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I mean, how many people today on earth understand the financial system?
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Let's get back down on earth, okay?
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The mastodons had to move on because the Earth was changing.
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There's no other place on the face of the earth that I have lived in so long.
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The future of consciousness, even life on the earth, is shrouded in a cloud of uncertainty.
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From space, our earth appears as a beautiful blue and green planet.
Synonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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A way of saying someone will go very far to help or find something
- Informal
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A kind, honest, reliable person who helps others in their community
- Informal
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Disappear completely so no one knows what happened and no sign is left
- Informal
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Someone or something disappears completely so nobody knows where they are
Compounds
- Literature
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A plan to destroy useful things on purpose so an enemy cannot use them
- Specialized
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A soft, light powder made from fossil bits of tiny water plants used to kill insects and filter liquids
- Specialized
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A fine clay that soaks up oil and grease to clean surfaces or cloth
- Archaic
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A small outdoor toilet that uses earth to cover waste instead of flushing it
- Specialized
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A metal in the second column of the periodic table, like magnesium or calcium
- Literature
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A female being who people believe looks after the earth, plants, and crops
- UK
A valuable underground mushroom that chefs use to give food a strong, earthy taste
A plant from Europe with small edible tubers that people eat and use to add flavor
- Specialized
The time on Earth when a signal from space arrives, usually given in UTC
- Specialized
A metal like calcium or magnesium that makes substances that are not acidic
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A plant that lives for several years with drooping clusters of pink flowers and broad leaves like a lion's paw
Surface Forms
Etymology
Earth comes from an old word for 'ground' or 'soil' and is the same root as German Erde. So calling our planet earth means the whole 'ground' we live on.