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1.proper nounThe third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.
2.proper nounThe personification of the Earth or earth, as a fertile woman or goddess.
3.nounSoil."This is good earth for growing potatoes."
4.nounAny general rock-based material."She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched earth."
5.nounThe ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea)."Birds are of the sky, not of the earth."
6.nounA connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.
7.nounThe lair (as a hole on the ground) of an animal such as fox.
8.nounA region of the planet; a land or country.
9.nounWorldly things, as against spiritual ones.
10.nounThe world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).
11.nounThe people on the globe.
12.nounThe human body.
13.nounThe aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the four or five classical elements.
14.nounAny of certain substances now known to be oxides of metal, which were distinguished by being infusible, and by insolubility in water.
15.verbTo connect electrically to the earth."That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed."
16.verbTo bury.
17.verbTo burrow.