Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - earth
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Earth
earth
~1 n 1 »WORLD« also the Earth the world that we live in (the planet Earth | The earth revolves around the sun. | The space shuttle is returning to earth.) (- see land1) 2 »SOIL« substance that plants, trees etc grow in (footprints in the wet earth | a lump of earth) 3 »LAND« the hard surface of the world, as opposed to the sea (After six months at sea, it was good to feel the earth beneath my feet again.) (- see land1) 4 what/why/how etc on earth...? spoken used when you are asking a question about something that you are very surprised or annoyed about (What on earth did you do that for?) 5 cost/pay/charge the earth informal to cost etc a very large amount of money (What a beautiful necklace! It must have cost the earth!) 6 the biggest/tallest/most expensive etc on earth the biggest etc example of something that exists 7 come back/down to earth (with a bump) to stop behaving or living in a way that is not practical (When he realized he'd spent all the money he really came back to earth with a bump.) 8 »ELECTRICITY« C usually singular BrE a wire that makes a piece of electrical equipment safe by connecting it with the ground; ground1 (30) AmE 9 »ANIMAL's HOME« the hole where a wild animal such as a fox lives 10 go to earth BrE to hide in order to escape from someone who is chasing you 11 nothing on earth a strong way of saying `nothing' (Nothing on earth would persuade me to repeat the experience of marriage.) 12 look/feel etc like nothing on earth BrE to look or feel very strange (It looks like smoked salmon, but tastes like nothing on earth.) 13 run sb/sth to earth BrE to find someone, especially by looking in many places (I finally ran him to earth in the stockroom.) (- see also downtoearth, move heaven and earth heaven (10), hell on earth hell1 (1), promise sb the moon/the earth promise1 (3), the salt of the earth salt1 (2)) ~2 v BrE to make electrical equipment safe by connecting it to the ground with a wire; ground2 (5) AmE (The amplifier wasn't properly earthed.)
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Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Earth or the Earth is the planet on which we live. People usually say Earth when they are referring to the planet as part of the universe, and the Earth when they are talking about the planet as the place where we live. The space shuttle Atlantis returned safely to earth today. ...a fault in the Earth’s crust. N-PROPER: oft the N 2. The earth is the land surface on which we live and move about. The earth shook and the walls of neighbouring houses fell around them. = ground N-SING: the N 3. Earth is the substance on the land surface of the earth, for example clay or sand, in which plants grow. The road winds for miles through parched earth, scrub and cactus... = soil N-UNCOUNT 4. The earth in an electric plug or piece of electrical equipment is the wire through which electricity can pass into the ground, which makes the equipment safe if something goes wrong with it. (BRIT; in AM, use ground) The earth wire was not connected. N-SING • earthed Light fittings with metal parts should always be earthed. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ 5. see also down-to-earth 6. On earth is used for emphasis in questions that begin with words such as ‘how’, ‘why’, ‘what’, or ‘where’. It is often used to suggest that there is no obvious or easy answer to the question being asked. How on earth did that happen?... What on earth had Luke done?... PHRASE: quest PHR c darkgreen]emphasis 7. On earth is used for emphasis after some negative noun groups, for example ‘no reason’. There was no reason on earth why she couldn’t have moved in with us... There is no feeling on earth like winning for the first time. PHRASE: with neg, n PHR c darkgreen]emphasis 8. On earth is used for emphasis after a noun group that contains a superlative adjective. He wanted to be the fastest man on earth. = in the world PHRASE: adj-superl n PHR c darkgreen]emphasis 9. If you come down to earth or back to earth, you have to face...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English erthe, from Old English eorthe; akin to Old High German erda ~, Greek era Date: before 12th century 1. the fragmental material composing part of the surface of the globe; especially cultivable soil 2. the sphere of mortal life as distinguished from spheres of spirit life — compare heaven, hell 3. a. areas of land as distinguished from sea and air b. the solid footing formed of soil ; ground 4. often capitalized the planet on which we live that is third in order from the sun — see planet table 5. a. the people of the planet Earth b. the mortal human body c. the pursuits, interests, and pleasures of ~ly life as distinguished from spiritual concerns 6. the lair of a burrowing animal 7. an excessive amount of money — used with the real suede, which costs the ~ to clean — Joanne Winship • ~like adjective II. verb Date: 1575 transitive verb 1. to drive to hiding in the ~ 2. to draw soil about (plants) — often used with up 3. chiefly British ground 3 intransitive verb of a hunted animal to hide in the ground ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a (also Earth) one of the planets of the solar system orbiting about the sun between Venus and Mars; the planet on which we live. b land and sea, as distinct from sky. 2 a dry land; the ground (fell to earth). b soil, clay, mould. c bodily matter (earth to earth). 3 Relig. the present abode of mankind, as distinct from heaven or hell; the world. 4 Brit. Electr. the connection to the earth as an arbitrary reference voltage in an electrical circuit. 5 the hole of a badger, fox, etc. 6 (prec. by the) colloq. a huge amount; everything (cost the earth; want the earth). --v. 1 tr. (foll. by up) cover (the roots and lower stems of plants) with heaped-up earth. 2 a tr. drive (a fox) to its earth. b intr. (of a fox etc.) run to its earth. 3 tr. Brit. Electr. connect to the earth. Phrases and idioms come back (or down) to earth return to realities. earth-closet a lavatory with dry earth used to cover excreta. earth-hog (or -pig) = AARDVARK. earth mother 1 Mythol. a spirit or deity symbolizing the earth. 2 a sensual and maternal woman. earth-nut any of various plants, or its edible roundish tuber, esp.: : 1 an umbelliferous woodland plant, Conopodium majus. 2 the peanut. earth sciences the sciences concerned with the earth or part of it, or its atmosphere (e.g. geology, oceanography, meteorology). earth-shattering colloq. having a traumatic or devastating effect. earth-shatteringly colloq. devastatingly, remarkably. earth tremor see TREMOR n. 3. gone to earth in hiding. on earth colloq. existing anywhere; emphatically (the happiest man on earth; looked like nothing on earth; what on earth?). Derivatives earthward adj. & adv. earthwards adv. Etymology: OE eorthe f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) земля, почва; (нескальный) грунт насыпать грунт 2) заземление, "земля" заземлять 3) замыкание на землю to compact earth — уплотнять грунт; to make (to move) earth — производить земляные работы; to tamp earth — утрамбовывать грунт - active earths - arcing earth - banked earth - bleaching earth - brick earth - center-point earth - counterpoise earth - dead earth - diatomaceous earth - dissipative earth - floating earth - fuller's earth - gas-pipe earth - granular earth - intermittent earth - loose earth - perfectly conducting earth - porcelain earth - potter's earth - protective earth - puddled earth - rare earths - refining earth - reinforced earth - rolled earth - solid earth - synthetic earth - total earth ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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земля, грунт; почва заземление earth reinforced with grids earth to be moved on cut and fill basis brick earth diatomaceous earth floating earth fuller's earth loose earth mechanically stabilized earth porcelain earth reinforced earth rolled earth ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
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1) земля, почва, грунт 2) ил 3) заземление 4) замыкание на землю заземлять 5) земляной 6) земной 7) с.-х. окучивать, окапывать 8) зарывать в землю, закапывать to earth to the frame — электр. замыкать на корпус to move earth — перемещать грунт - diatomaceous earth - fuller's earth - tamp earth ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1) земля, почва, грунт; зарывать в землю, закапывать 2) суша 3) окучивать, окапывать – to go to earth ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. земля; мир, в котором мы живем; земной шар the greatest poet on earth —- величайший поэт на земле the most absurd spectacle on earth —- такого абсурдного зрелища свет не видал 2. (также E., the E.) Земля (планета) the E. goes round the Sun —- Земля обращается вокруг Солнца earth crust —- земная кора earth gravity —- сила притяжения Земли 3. земля, почва, грунт clayey earth —- глинистая почва earth bank —- земляная насыпь earth excavation —- выемка грунта the airplace fell to (the) earth —- самолет упал на землю 4. суша 5. возв. (земной) мир among the things of earth —- среди земных (житейских) интересов 6. возв. люди, смертные 7. нора to run to earth —- загнать в нору (лисицу); скрыться в нору (также to take to earth, to go to earth) 8. возв. прах; плоть sinful earth —- грешная плоть 9. уст. страна this earth... this England (Shakespeare) —- наша страна... наша Англия 10. эл. "земля", заземление earth electrode —- заземляющий провод, молниеотвод 11. хим. земля rare earths —- редкие земли, редкоземельные элементы alkaline earths —- щелочные земли Id: down to earth —- практический, реалистический, приземленный Id: to bring smb. back (down) to earth —- заставить кого-л. спуститься с облаков на землю Id: to come to earth —- спуститься с небес на землю, взглянуть на истинное положение вещей Id: no use on earth —- решительно ни к чему Id: how on earth? —- каким же...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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wax geol. озокерит EARTH water жесткая вода EARTH 1. noun 1) земля, земной шар - on earth 2) суша 3) почва - floating earth - scorched earth 4) прах 5) нора to take earth - скрыться в нору (о лисе) to run to earth - а) = to take earth; б) спрятаться, притаиться; в) выследить; настигнуть; отыскать 6) electr. заземление 7) употр. для усиления: how on earth? - каким образом?; no use on earth - решительно ни к чему why on earth? - с какой стати? 8) attr. земляной; грунтовой - earth water - earth wax to come back to earth - спуститься с облаков на землю, вернуться к реальности 2. v. 1) зарывать, закапывать; покрывать землей; окучивать (тж. earth up) The month of the river has earthed up again this year. The landslide earthed up the pool where the animals usually drank. 2) загонять или зарываться в нору 3) electr.; radio заземлять 4) aeron. сажать (самолет) to be earthed - сделать вынужденную посадку ...Англо-русский словарь
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univ. abbr. Education And Research Towards Health media abbr. Entertainers Against Ruining Their Home ...English abbreviation dictionary
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See: COME BACK TO EARTH or COME DOWN TO EARTH, DOWN-TO-EARTH, IN THE WORLD or ON EARTH, MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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- O.E. eorрe "ground, soil, earth," also used (along with middangeard) for "world," from P.Gmc. *ertho, from PIE base *er-. Earthling is from O.E. eyrюling, which meant "plowman." Earthquake is c.1280 as eorthequakynge (O.E. had eorрdin in this sense). Earthlight apparently coined 1833 by British astronomer John Herschel. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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