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WIKTIONARY
earth
Proper noun
  • Our planet, third out from the Sun; see main entry Earth.
Noun
  • Soil. uncountable
  • Any general rock-based material. uncountable
  • The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
  • A connection electrically to the earth ( ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner. US
  • A fox's home or lair.
  • The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).
  • One of the four basic elements. alchemy
  • One of the five basic elements. India and Japan
  • One of the five basic elements. Taoism
Verb
  • To connect electrically to the earth. Britain
  • To bury.
  • To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den. transitive
  • To burrow.
Earth
Proper noun
  • The third planet in order from the Sun, upon which humans live. Represented in astronomy and astrology by ♁ and ⊕.