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Meaning of earth

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Earth
      n 1: the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the
           Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"
           [syn: {Earth}, {earth}, {world}, {globe}]
      2: the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the
         land surface; "they dug into the earth outside the church"
         [syn: {earth}, {ground}]
      3: the solid part of the earth's surface; "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" [syn:
         {land}, {dry land}, {earth}, {ground}, {solid ground}, {terra
         firma}]
      4: the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell); "it
         was hell on earth" [syn: {Earth}, {earth}]
      5: once thought to be one of four elements composing the
         universe (Empedocles)
      6: the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and
         the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of
         the world" [syn: {worldly concern}, {earthly concern},
         {world}, {earth}]
      7: a connection between an electrical device and a large
         conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at
         zero voltage) [syn: {ground}, {earth}]
      v 1: hide in the earth like a hunted animal
      2: connect to the earth; "earth the circuit"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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