earth
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- n the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
- n the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
they dug into the earth outside the church - n the solid part of the earth's surface
the earth shook for several minutes - n the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell)
it was hell on earth - n once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
- n the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
- n a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
- v hide in the earth like a hunted animal
- v connect to the earth
earth the circuit
- IT had aspects of a secular, almost pagan holidaya sense of propitiating an earth increasingly incapable of forgiving what man has inflicted upon it.
- To the run of men, the earth seems to rotate with trustworthy steadiness.
- Moreover, the earth is suffering the decline of entire ecosystemsthe nurseries of new life-forms.