earth
/ɝθ/ noun A2- Soil. · This is good earth for growing potatoes.
- Any general rock-based material. · She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched earth.
- The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea). · Birds are of the sky, not of the earth.
- The lair or den (as a hole in the ground, or a system of tunnels) of an animal, such as a badger.
- A region of the planet; a land or country.
- Worldly things, as against spiritual ones.
- The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).
- The people on the globe.
Plural earths
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
“I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth.
“I wonder if I shall fall right _through_ the earth!
You see the earth takes twenty-four hours to turn round on its axis—”
“You ought to be ashamed of yourself for asking such a simple question,” added the Gryphon; and then they both sat silent and looked at poor Alice, who felt ready to sink into the earth.
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