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From Middle English erthe, from Old English eorþe (“earth, ground, soil, dry land”), from Proto-Germanic *erþō (“earth, ground, soil”) (compare West Frisian ierde, Low German Er(de)/Ir(de), Dutch aarde, German Erde, Danish jord), related to *erwōn 'earth' (compare Old English ēar, Old High German ero, Old Norse jǫrfi 'gravel'), from Proto-Indo-European *er- (compare Old Irish úr 'earth', Tocharian B yare 'gravel', Ancient Greek éras 'earth', éraze 'on the ground', Old Armenian երկիր (erkir, “earth”), երկին (erkin, “heaven, sky”)).

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the earth

  1. Our planet, third out from the Sun; see main entry Earth.
    The astronauts saw the earth from the porthole.

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English usage guides prefer the capitalized form of this word (Earth) when referring to the planet.

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our planet, third out from the Sun — see Earth

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Earth as soil (1)

earth (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable) Soil.
    This is good earth for growing potatoes.
  2. (uncountable) Any general rock-based material.
    She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched earth.
  3. The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
    Birds are of the sky, not of the earth.
  4. (UK) A connection electrically to the earth (US ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.
  5. A fox's home or lair.
  6. The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).
    • 1819, John Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
      "Beauty is truth, truth beauty," - that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
  7. (alchemy) One of the four basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
  8. (India and Japan) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
  9. (Taoist) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Five Elements).

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terms derived from "earth"

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soil
any general rock-based material
the ground, land
electrical connection
fox's lair
world of our current life, as opposed to afterlife
one of the four basic elements
one of the five basic elements
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earth (third-person singular simple present earths, present participle earthing, simple past and past participle earthed)

  1. (UK) To connect electrically to the earth.
    That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed.
  2. To bury.

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  • (to connect electrically to the earth): (US) ground

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connect electrically to the earth
to bury

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