earth
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(verb) connect to the earth, as of a circuit |
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Related Words: ground |
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(verb) hide in the earth, as of a hunted fox |
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Related Words: hide |
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(noun) the abode of mortals (as contrasted with heaven or hell); "it was hell on earth" |
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Related Words: location |
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(noun) the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world" |
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Synonyms: globe, world |
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Related Words: terrestrial planet |
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(noun) the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the surface of the land surface; "they dug into the earth outside the church" |
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Synonyms: ground |
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Related Words: diatomaceous earth, diatomite, dirt, kieselguhr, material, moraine, saprolite, soil, stuff |
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(noun) (archaic) once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe |
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Related Words: element |
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(noun) a connection between an electrical device and the earth (which is a zero voltage) |
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Synonyms: ground |
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Related Words: connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: dry land, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma |
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Related Words: America, archipelago, cape, champaign, coastal plain, field, floor, foreland, forest, hills, island, isthmus, landmass, mainland, neck, ness, object, oxbow, peninsula, physical object, plain, slash, the Americas, timber, timberland, wonderland, woodland |
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(noun) the concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world" |
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Synonyms: earthly concern, world, worldly concern |
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Related Words: concern |
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