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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
See also
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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sod
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?d/
- Rhymes: -?d
- Homophone: sawed (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Etymology 1
From Middle English sod, sodde [attested since mid-15th c.], from Middle Dutch zoden (“turf”) or Middle Low German sôde, soede (“turf”), both related to Dutch zode (“turf”), German Sode (“turf”), Old Frisian s?tha (“sod”), all being of uncertain ultimate origin.
Noun
sod (uncountable)
- (uncountable) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
- 1746', William Collins, Ode written in the year 1746
- 1746', William Collins, Ode written in the year 1746
- Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.
Related terms
- soddie
- sodless
Translations
Verb
sod (third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded)
- To cover with sod.
Translations
Etymology 2
From sodomize or sodomite, by shortening.
Noun
sod (plural sods)
- (Britain, vulgar) Sodomite; bugger.
- (Britain, slang, mildly pejorative, formerly considered vulgar) A person, usually male; often qualified with an adjective.
- (Britain, mildly vulgar) Any trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot.
Derived terms
- Sod’s law
Translations
Interjection
sod
- (Britain, vulgar) expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.
Verb
sod (third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded)
- (transitive, Britain, slang, vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.
- (transitive, Britain, slang, vulgar) Damn, curse, confound.
- Sod him!, Sod it!, Sod that bastard!
Derived terms
- sod off
Etymology 3
From the Old English plural past tense, or a back-formation from the past participle sodden.
Verb
sod
- (obsolete) simple past tense of seethe
Adjective
sod (comparative more sod, superlative most sod)
- (obsolete) Boiled.
- , New York, 2001, p.223:
- , New York, 2001, p.223:
- (Australia, of bread) Sodden; incompletely risen.
Noun
sod (plural sods)
- (Australia, colloquial) A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.
Etymology 4
Noun
sod (plural sods)
- The rock dove.
Anagrams
- DOS, DSO, DoS, OD's, ODS, OSD, SDO, do's, dos, dso, ods
Breton
Noun
sod m
- imbecile
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse sót (“soot”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /so?d/, [soð?]
- Rhymes: -oð
Noun
sod c (singular definite soden, not used in plural form)
- soot
Verb
sod
- imperative of sode
Maltese
Etymology
From Italian sodo, from Latin solidus. Doublet of solidu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??t/
Adjective
sod (feminine singular soda, plural sodi)
- firm; steadfast
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse soð. Doublet of sodd.
Noun
sod n (definite singular sodet, indefinite plural sod, definite plural soda)
- boiling, bubbling
- broth
- meat soup
References
- “sod” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *s?d?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /só?t/
Noun
s??d m inan
- barrel
Inflection
Volapük
Noun
sod (nominative plural sods)
- sauce
Declension
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