earth

Verb

• connect to the earth
  • earth the circuit
    

• hide in the earth like a hunted animal

Noun

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

• the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
  • they consider the church to be independent of the world
    

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

• the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell)
  • it was hell on earth
    

• 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
    

• the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
  • they dug into the earth outside the church
    

• the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
  • the Earth moves around the sun
    
  • he sailed around the world
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  ground , worldly concern , earthly concern , world , Earth , land , dry land , solid ground , terra firma , globe