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- The third planet in order from the Sun, upon which humans live; represented in astronomy and astrology by â and â.
Translations: - Dutch: de Aarde , aarde
- French: la Terre, terre
- German: Erde
- Italian: la Terra
- Spanish: la Tierra, tierra
Etymology: eoríe.
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- (uncountable) soil, Soil.
- This is good for growing potatoes.
- (uncountable) Any general rock-based material.
- She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched .
- The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
- Birds are of the sky, not of the .
- A connection electrically to the earth (US ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.
- A fox's home or lair.
- The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).
- 1819, John Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
- :"Beauty is truth, truth beauty," - that is all / Ye know on , and all ye need to know.
- (alchemy) One of the four basic elements (see w:Classical_element, Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
- (India, and, Japan) One of the five basic elements (see w:Classical_element, Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
- (context, Taoist) One of the five basic elements (see w:Five_Elements, Wikipedia article on the Five Elements).
Translations: - Dutch: aarde
- French: terre
- German: Erde
- Italian: terra
(trans-mid)
proper noun
- Our planet, third out from the sun; see main entry Earth.
- The astronauts saw the from the porthole.
verb
- To connect electrically to the earth.
- That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed.
- To bury.
Translations: - Dutch: begraven
- German: beerdigen
- Italian: interrare
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: conectar a tierra
Etymology: (term, eoríe, , ground, soil, dry land), from (proto, Germanic, ertho), from (proto, Indo-European, er-) (baseform)
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