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English noun: Earth | |||
| 1. | Earth (object) the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on | ||
| Samples | The Earth moves around the sun. He sailed around the world. | ||
| Synonyms | globe, world | ||
| Instance hypernym | terrestrial planet | ||
| Part holonym | air, atmosphere, dry land, earth, geosphere, ground, hemisphere, hydrosphere, land, lithosphere, sky, solid ground, terra firma, Van Allen belt | ||
| Member meronym | solar system | ||
| 2. | earth (substance) the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface | ||
| Samples | They dug into the earth outside the church. | ||
| Synonyms | ground | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | material, stuff | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | diatomaceous earth, diatomite, dirt, kieselguhr, moraine, saprolite, soil | ||
| 3. | earth (object) the solid part of the earth's surface | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | dry land, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | object, physical object | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | archipelago, beachfront, cape, champaign, coastal plain, field, floor, foreland, forest, island, isthmus, land mass, landmass, mainland, neck, ness, oxbow, peninsula, plain, slash, timber, timberland, wonderland, woodland | ||
| Instance hyponym | America | ||
| Part meronym | Earth, globe, world | ||
| 4. | Earth (location) the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell) | ||
| Samples | It was hell on earth. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | location | ||
| 5. | earth (substance) once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | element | ||
| Domain usage | archaicism, archaism | ||
| 6. | earth (cognition) the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife | ||
| Samples | They consider the church to be independent of the world. | ||
| Synonyms | earthly concern, world, worldly concern | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | concern | ||
| 7. | earth (artifact) a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) | ||
| Synonyms | ground | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion | ||
| Domain category | electricity | ||
English verb: earth | |||
| 1. | earth (perception) hide in the earth like a hunted animal | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hide, hide out | ||
| 2. | earth (contact) connect to the earth | ||
| Samples | Earth the circuit. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ground | ||
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