Dictionary entry details
• EARTH (noun)
Meaning:
The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Earth; globe; world
Context examples:
the Earth moves around the sun / he sailed around the world
Instance hypernyms:
terrestrial planet (a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar system)
Meronyms (parts of "Earth"):
sky (the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth)
geosphere; lithosphere (the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle)
dry land; earth; ground; land; solid ground; terra firma (the solid part of the earth's surface)
hydrosphere (the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor)
Van Allen belt (a belt of charged particles (resulting from cosmic rays) above the Earth trapped by the Earth's magnetic field)
hemisphere (half of the terrestrial globe)
air; atmosphere (the mass of air surrounding the Earth)
Holonyms ("Earth" is a member of...):
solar system (the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field)
Meaning:
The loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
earth; ground
Context example:
they dug into the earth outside the church
Hypernyms ("earth" is a kind of...):
material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "earth"):
moraine (accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier)
diatomaceous earth; diatomite; kieselguhr (a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material)
saprolite (a deposit of clay and disintegrating rock that is found in its original place)
dirt; soil (the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock)
Meaning:
The solid part of the earth's surface
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
terra firma; solid ground; ground; dry land; land; earth
Context examples:
the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land / the earth shook for several minutes / he dropped the logs on the ground
Hypernyms ("earth" is a kind of...):
object; physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "earth"):
landmass (a large continuous extent of land)
mainland (the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula)
neck (a narrow elongated projecting strip of land)
oxbow (the land inside an oxbow bend in a river)
peninsula (a large mass of land projecting into a body of water)
champaign; field; plain (extensive tract of level open land)
slash (an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind))
wonderland (a place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder)
isthmus (a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas)
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
forest; timber; timberland; woodland (land that is covered with trees and shrubs)
archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)
beachfront (a strip of land running along a beach)
cape; ness (a strip of land projecting into a body of water)
coastal plain (a plain adjacent to a coast)
floor (the ground on which people and animals move about)
foreland (land forming the forward margin of something)
Instance hyponyms:
America (North America and South America and Central America)
Holonyms ("earth" is a part of...):
Earth; globe; world (the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on)
Meaning:
The abode of mortals (as contrasted with heaven or hell)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Context example:
it was hell on earth
Hypernyms ("Earth" is a kind of...):
location (a point or extent in space)
Meaning:
Once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("earth" is a kind of...):
element (one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe)
Domain usage:
archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)
Meaning:
The concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
earthly concern; worldly concern; world; earth
Context example:
they consider the church to be independent of the world
Hypernyms ("earth" is a kind of...):
concern (something that interests you because it is important or affects you)
Meaning:
A connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
earth; ground
Hypernyms ("earth" is a kind of...):
connecter; connection; connective; connector; connexion (an instrumentality that connects)
Domain category:
electricity (a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons)
• EARTH (verb)
Meaning:
Hide in the earth like a hunted animal
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "earth" is one way to...):
hide; hide out (be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Connect to the earth
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
earth the circuit
Hypernyms (to "earth" is one way to...):
ground (connect to a ground)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
