earth

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Synonyms: hearth, dearth, garth, eath, harth, barth, yearth, narth, earsh, arth, parth

Antonyms: hearth, dearth, garth, eath, harth, barth, yearth, narth, earsh, arth, parth

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Proper noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q2}} {{alternative case form of|en|Earth|id=Q2|t=the third planet of the Solar System, upon which humans live}}.

Noun

1. {{senseid|en|soil}} {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[soil|Soil]].
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} Any general [[rock]]-based material.
3. The [[ground]], [[land]] (as opposed to the [[sky]] or [[sea]]).
4. {{senseid|en|Q6501125}} {{lb|en|British}} A connection [[electrically]] to the ''earth'' ({{qualifier|US}} [[ground]]); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.
5. The [[lair]] or [[den]] (as a [[hole]] in the ground, or a system of tunnels) of an animal, such as a badger.
6. A [[region]] of the planet; a [[land]] or [[country]].
7. [[worldly|Worldly]] things, as against spiritual ones.
8. The [[world]] of our [[current]] [[life]] (as opposed to [[heaven]] or an [[afterlife]]).
9. {{lb|en|metonymically}} The [[people]] on the globe.
10. Any [[planet]] similar to the [[Earth]] (our earth): an [[exoplanet]] viewed as another earth, or a potential one.
11. {{lb|en|archaic}} The [[human]] [[body]].{{anchor|en_noun_obschem}}
12. {{lb|en|alchemy|philosophy|and|Taoism}} The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the {{w|Classical element|four or five classical elements}}.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|UK|transitive}} To connect [[electrically]] to the earth.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[bury]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[hide]], or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a [[burrow]] or [[den]].
4. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[burrow]].

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