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Definition/Meaning

(noun)

The third planet from the sun, inhabited by humans and other living things.

e.g. The astronauts traveled through space to reach the Earth.

(noun)

soil, the material that covers the surface of land on our planet, or broadly the ground;

e.g. She left footprints in the soft earth as she walked through the field. He felt glad to feel the earth beneath his feet after spending many months in space.

(verb)

to pile soil around a plant's roots and the bottom of its stem (often used as "earth up");

e.g. They used their hands to earth up the saplings in the pots.

(verb)

(British) to make an electrical connection between a device and the ground in order to establish an electric potential of zero;

e.g. Remember to earth the connection of the machinery to reduce the risk of getting an electric shock.

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Similar Words

Alluvium

Bomb

Boodle

Bundle

Clod

Colluvium

Dirt

Dust

Fortune

Gault

Globe

Ground

Humus

Isthmus

Loam

Loess

Marl

Mint

Mold

Packet

Pile

Planet

Shingle

Silt

Soil

Terra

Topsoil

Wad

World

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Opposite Words

Mite

Pittance

Song

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Related Words

Alluvium

Ball

Blackland

Bonanza

Bread

Capital

Cash

Change

Clay

Coin

Colluvium

Continent

Cosmos

Creation

Currency

Detritus

Dough

Duff

Dust

Gault

Gley

Gold

Gook

Gravel

Guck

Gumbo

Heap

Humus

Island

Isthmus

Jack

Kaolin

Landmass

Loam

Loess

Lucre

Macrocosm

Mainland

Marl

Microcosm

Mine

Money

Muck

Mud

Mull

Nature

Orb

Peninsula

Pot

Property

Riches

Sand

Scratch

Sediment

Shingle

Silt

Sphere

Subsoil

Substratum

Tender

Topsoil

Universe

Wampum

Wealth

Wherewithal

Zone

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Quotes

• "You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, love like you'll never be hurt, sing like there's nobody listening, and live like it's heaven on earth." -- William W Purkey

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