1. the land surface of the world.
2. the softer, friable part of land; soil, especially productive soil.
3. the third planet from the sun, having a sidereal period of revolution about the sun of 365.26 days at a mean distance of approximately 149 million kilometers (92.96 million miles), an axial rotation period of 23 hours 56.07 minutes, an average radius of 6,378 kilometers (3,963 miles), and a mass of approximately 5.974 × 1024 kilograms (1.317 × 1025 pounds).
4. the realm of mortal existence; the temporal world.
5. the human inhabitants of the world: the earth received the news with joy.
6. worldly affairs and pursuits.
7. everyday life; reality: was brought back to earth from his daydreams of wealth and fame.
8. the substance of the human body; clay.
9. the lair of a burrowing animal.
10. chiefly british the ground of an electrical circuit.
11. chemistry any of several metallic oxides, such as alumina or zirconia, that are difficult to reduce and were formerly regarded as elements.
12. to cover or heap (plants) with soil for protection.
13. to chase (an animal) into an underground hiding place.
14. to burrow or hide in the ground. used of a hunted animal.
15. on earth among all the possibilities: why on earth did you put on that outfit?

1. our planet, third out from the sun; see main entry earth.
2. soil.
3. any general rock-based material.
4. the ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
5. A connection electrically to the earth ((us) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.
6. A fox's home or lair.
7. the world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).
8. one of the four basic elements.
9. one of the five basic elements.
10. one of the five basic elements.
11. to connect electrically to the earth.
12. to bury.

1. the globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in distinction from the dwelling place of spirits.
2. the solid materials which make up the globe, in distinction from the air or water; the dry land.
3. the softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like; sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the visible surface of the globe; the ground
4. A part of this globe; a region; a country; land.
5. worldly things, as opposed to spiritual things; the pursuits, interests, and allurements of this life.
6. the people on the globe.
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8. any earthy-looking metallic oxide, as alumina, glucina, zirconia, yttria, and thoria.
9. A similar oxide, having a slight alkaline reaction, as lime, magnesia, strontia, baryta.
10. A hole in the ground, where an animal hides himself.
11. the connection of any part an electric conductor with the ground; specif., the connection of a telegraph line with the ground through a fault or otherwise.
12. A plowing.
13. to burrow.
14. to hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.
15. to cover with earth or mold; to inter; to bury; -- sometimes with up.

1. to hide in or as in the earth.
2. to put underground; bury; inter.
3. to cover with earth or mold; choke with earth.
4. in electricity, to put to earth; place in connection with the earth.
5. to retire underground; burrow, as a hunted animal.
6. the terraqueous globe which we inhabit.
7. one expression only in the old testament gives us the word earth in its astronomical meaning,—that in the twenty-sixth chapter of job:—
8. the solid matter of the globe, in distinction from water and air; the materials composing the solid parts of the globe; hence, the firm land of the earth's surface; the ground: as, he fell to the earth.
9. the loose material of the earth's surface; the disintegrated particles of solid matter, in distinction from rock; more particularly, the combinations of particles constituting soil, mold, or dust, as opposed to unmixed sand or clay.
10. the inhabitants of the globe; the world.
11. dirt; hence, something low or mean.
12. the hole in which a fox or other burrowing animal hides itself.
13. in chem., a name formerly given to certain inodorous, dry, and uninflammable substances which are metallic oxids, but were formerly regarded as elementary bodies.
14. in electricity: the union of any point of a telegraph-line, submarine cable, or any system of conductors charged with or conveying electricity with the ground.
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16. the act of plowing; a plowing.
17. A day's plowing.

1. the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
2. the solid part of the earth's surface
3. the abode of mortals (as contrasted with heaven or hell)
4. the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
5. the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
6. a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
7. hide in the earth like a hunted animal
8. connect to the earth
9. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (empedocles)