earth

nounthe world

nounground, soil

Word Origin & History

Old English eorþe "ground, soil, dry land," also used (along with middangeard) for "the (material) world" (as opposed to the heavens or the underworld), from Proto-Germanic *ertho (cf. Old Frisian erthe "earth," Old Saxon ertha, Old Norse jörð, Middle Dutch eerde, Dutch aarde, Old High German erda, German Erde, Gothic airþa), from PIE root *er- (2) "earth, ground" (cf. Middle Irish -ert "earth"). The earth considered as a planet was so called from c.1400.

Example Sentences for earth

The earth was like a slumbering babe, smiling in its sleep, because it dreams of Heaven.

Their freshness soon withered, on account of the shallowness of the earth.

I want him to think he ain't got a friend on earth but himself.

That he is afraid to trust banks, and hides his money in the earth.

He don't trust any banks, but keeps his money concealed in the earth.

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