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earth
English
Etymology
From Middle English erthe, from Old English eorþe (“earth, ground, soil, dry land”), from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþ? (“earth, ground, soil”) (compare West Frisian ierde, Low German Eerd, Dutch aarde, Dutch Low Saxon eerde, German Erde, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian jord), related to *erwô (“earth”) (compare Old High German ero, perhaps Old Norse j?rfi), from Proto-Indo-European *h?er- (compare Ancient Greek *??? (*éra) in ????? (éraze, “on the ground”), perhaps Tocharian B yare (“gravel”).
Probably unrelated, and of unknown etymology, is Old Armenian ????? (erkir, “earth”). Likewise, the phonologically similar Proto-Semitic *?ar??- – whence Arabic ?????? (?ar?), Hebrew ?????? (?ere?) – is probably not related.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???/
- (US) IPA(key): /??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)?
Proper noun
earth
- Alternative letter-case form of Earth; Our planet, third out from the Sun.
Usage notes
- The word earth is capitalized to Earth when used in context with other celestial bodies.
Translations
Noun
earth (countable and uncountable, plural earths)
- (uncountable) Soil.
- (uncountable) Any general rock-based material.
- The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
- (Britain) A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.
- The lair (as a hole on the ground) of an animal such as fox.
- A region of the planet; a land or country.
- Worldly things, as against spiritual ones.
- The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).
- The people on the globe.
- (archaic) The human body.
- (alchemy, philosophy and Taoism) The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the four or five classical elements.
- (chemistry, obsolete) Any of certain substances now known to be oxides of metal, which were distinguished by being infusible, and by insolubility in water.
Derived terms
Translations
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Verb
earth (third-person singular simple present earths, present participle earthing, simple past and past participle earthed)
- (Britain, transitive) To connect electrically to the earth.
- Synonym: ground
- (transitive) To bury.
- (transitive) To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.
- (intransitive) To burrow.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Tickell to this entry?)
Derived terms
- earthing
- unearth
Translations
Anagrams
- Erath, Harte, Heart, Herat, Herta, Taher, Terah, Thera, hater, heart, rathe, rehat, th'are, thare
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loam
English
Etymology
From Middle English lome, lame, lam, from Old English l?m (“clay, mud, mire, earth”), from Proto-Germanic *laimaz, *laimô (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“mud, slime; to slip, slide”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Leem (“loam”), West Frisian liem (“loam”), Dutch leem (“loam”), German Lehm (“loam”). Related also to lime.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /l??m/
- Rhymes: -??m
- (US) IPA(key): /lo?m/
Noun
loam (countable and uncountable, plural loams)
- (geology) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
- 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 1
- Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander
- returneth to dust, the dust is earth, of earth we make
- loam, and of why that loam whereto he was converted
- might they not stop a beer-barrel?
- 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 1
- (metalworking) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.
Derived terms
- loamy
Translations
Verb
loam (third-person singular simple present loams, present participle loaming, simple past and past participle loamed)
- To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
Translations
Derived terms
- loamer
Adjective
loam (not comparable)
- Made of loam; consisting of loam.
Further reading
- loam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- AMLO, LMAO, Malo, lmao, loma, malo, mola
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