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:

• 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