earth
v.
ground, attach to the earth (about an electrical conductor); cover with soil
earth
Noun
1. the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface; "they dug into the earth outside the church"
(synonym) ground
(hypernym) material, stuff
(hyponym) moraine
2. 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"
(synonym) land, dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma
(hypernym) object, physical object
(hyponym) America, the Americas
(part-holonym) Earth, world, globe
3. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
(hypernym) element
(classification) archaism, archaicism
4. the concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world"
(synonym) worldly concern, earthly concern, world
(hypernym) concern
5. a connection between an electrical device and the earth (which is a zero voltage)
(synonym) ground
(hypernym) connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
Verb
1. hide in the earth like a hunted animal
(hypernym) hide, hide out
(derivation) ground
2. connect to the earth; "earth the circuit"
(hypernym) ground
(derivation) ground
Earthed
(imp. & p. p.)
of Earth
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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