Results for earth
Definitions of earth:
part of speech: noun
The globe or planet on which we live; the solid materials which compose the globe; ground; soil; a region or land; worldly things or interests; the inhabitants of the globe.
part of speech: verb transitive
To hide or cause to hide in the earth: to bury.
part of speech: verb intransitive
To burrow.
part of speech: noun
Mould; hole of a fox; the mass of the globe; the ground; land; the world; its inhabitants; in chem., a solid, opaque, friable substance, without lustre, and incombustible.
part of speech: verb
To hide in the ground; to cover with mould; to burrow.
part of speech: noun
The matter on the surface of the globe: soil: dry land, as opposed to sea: the world: the people of this world.
Usage examples for earth:
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What on earth has he done with them?
"The Mating of Lydia", Mrs. Humphry Ward -
But why on earth need you go home to- morrow, Lady Clara?
"Castle Richmond", Anthony Trollope -
The question is: What on earth am I to do?
"The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne", William J. Locke -
What on earth did she want with him?
"Okewood of the Secret Service", Valentine Williams