Definition: a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
Main entry: earth, earthly concern, world, worldly concern
Definition: the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
Usage: they consider the church to be independent of the world
Definition: the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell)
Usage: it was hell on earth
Definition: the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell)
Usage: it was hell on earth
Main entry: earth, Earth, globe, world
Definition: the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
Usage: the Earth moves around the sun; he sailed around the world
Main entry: earth, Earth, globe, world
Definition: the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
Usage: the Earth moves around the sun; he sailed around the world
Main entry: land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, dry land, earth
Definition: the solid part of the earth's surface
Usage: 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
Definition: the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
Usage: they dug into the earth outside the church
Main entry: earth
Definition: once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
Main entry: earth
Definition: connect to the earth
Usage: earth the circuit
Main entry: earth
Definition: hide in the earth like a hunted animal