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Definition of "earth"

earth

Từ điển Collocation

earth noun

¹ the world

VERB + EARTH orbit satellites orbiting the earth

EARTH + VERB orbit sth, revolve, rotate The earth orbits the sun. The earth revolves on its axis.

EARTH + NOUN tremor Furniture fell over as the room was shaken by an earth tremor. | sciences

PREP. above the ~ We are flying at 30,000 feet above the earth. | around/round the ~ the moon's orbit around the earth | on (the) ~ The island was there before there was life on earth. | to ~ The astronauts were able to send the information back to earth.

PHRASES the centre/surface of the earth, the earth's core/crust/mantle/surface, (the) planet earth

² soil

ADJ. bare The fields had been ploughed, and there was nothing but bare earth to be seen. | fertile | barren, infertile | soft | solid | damp, moist, wet | fresh, freshly-dug | loose I filled the pot with a handful of loose earth. | baked The sun beat down on the baked earth. | scorched The wreckage of the plane was scattered across the scorched earth. | chalky, sandy

QUANT. clod, clump, lump My boots were caked in big clods of wet earth.

EARTH + NOUN bank, mound I scrambled to the top of the steep earth bank.

PREP. in the ~ The plants must have their roots in the earth. | under the ~ in mines deep under the earth

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; Earth, world, globe

  the Earth moves around the sun

  he sailed around the world

• the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface; ground

  they dug into the earth outside the church

• the solid part of the earth's surface; land, dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma

  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

• the abode of mortals (as contrasted with heaven or hell); Earth

  it was hell on earth

• once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
• the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; worldly concern, earthly concern, world

  they consider the church to be independent of the world

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

v.

• hide in the earth like a hunted animal
• connect to the earth

  earth the circuit

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

earths|earthed|earthing
syn.: dirt globe ground land sod soil world
ant.: heaven