earth

earth
earth1 W2S2 [ə:θ US ə:rθ] n
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1¦(world)¦
2¦(soil)¦
3¦(land)¦
4 what/why/how etc on earth ...?
5 cost/pay/charge the earth
6 the biggest/tallest/most expensive etc ... on earth
7¦(religion)¦
8 come back/down to earth (with a bump)
9 no ... /nothing on earth
10 look/feel etc like nothing on earth
11¦(electricity)¦
12¦(animal's home)¦
13 go to earth
14 run somebody/something to earth
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[: Old English; Origin: eorthe]
1.) ¦(WORLD)¦ also Earth [singular, U]
the ↑planet that we live on
▪ the planet Earth
the earth
▪ The earth revolves around the sun.
the earth's surface/atmosphere/crust etc
▪ 71% of the earth's surface is sea.
on earth
▪ the origin of life on Earth
2.) ¦(SOIL)¦[U]
the substance that plants grow in
= ↑soil
soft/bare/damp etc earth
▪ footprints in the wet earth
▪ a lump of earth
3.) ¦(LAND)¦[U]
the hard surface of the world, as opposed to the sea or air
= ↑ground
▪ The earth began to shake.
▪ They watched the kite fall back to earth.
see usage note ↑ground1
4.) what/why/how etc on earth ...?
spoken used to ask a question when you are very surprised or angry
▪ What on earth did you do that for?
5.) cost/pay/charge the earth informal
to cost etc a very large amount of money
▪ It must have cost the earth!
6.) the biggest/tallest/most expensive etc ... on earth
the biggest etc example of something that exists
▪ the most powerful man on earth
7.) ¦(RELIGION)¦[U]
used in religion to refer to the time when people are alive as opposed to being in ↑heaven or ↑hell
▪ Jesus' time on earth
→move heaven and earth at ↑heaven
→hell on earth at ↑hell1 (2)
8.) come back/down to earth (with a bump)
to stop behaving or living in a way that is not practical
▪ She soon brought him back down to earth.
9.) no ... /nothing on earth
used to emphasize that you mean nothing at all
▪ Nothing on earth would have persuaded me to go.
▪ There's no reason on earth why you should tell him.
10.) look/feel etc like nothing on earth
BrE to look or feel very strange
▪ The next morning I felt like nothing on earth.
11.) ¦(ELECTRICITY)¦ [C usually singular]
BrE a wire that makes a piece of electrical equipment safe by connecting it with the ground
American Equivalent: ground
12.) ¦(ANIMAL'S HOME)¦
the hole where a wild animal such as a ↑fox lives
→↑den, lair ↑lair
13.) go to earth
BrE to hide in order to escape from someone who is chasing you
= ↑go to ground
14.) run sb/sth to earth
BrE to find someone, especially by looking in many places
→promise sb the moon/the earth at ↑promise1 (3)
→the salt of the earth at ↑salt1 (2)
earth 2
earth2 v [T]
BrE to make electrical equipment safe by connecting it to the ground with a wire
American Equivalent: ground
▪ Make sure that the machine is properly earthed.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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