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Synonyms for earth

Grammar : Noun
Spell : urth
Phonetic Transcription : ɜrθ

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Définition of earth

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun the world
  • noun ground, soil
Example sentences :
  • The earth was like a slumbering babe, smiling in its sleep, because it dreams of Heaven.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Their freshness soon withered, on account of the shallowness of the earth.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • I want him to think he ain't got a friend on earth but himself.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • That he is afraid to trust banks, and hides his money in the earth.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • He don't trust any banks, but keeps his money concealed in the earth.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • He shuddered as he thought how near he had been to never meeting them again on earth.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • We do not know how or why or when the human race began its career upon this Earth.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • It caused them to fight for the sole possession of this Paradise upon Earth.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • From that moment on they became wanderers upon the face of the Earth.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • The old cities of Egypt have disappeared from the face of the earth.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

Antonyms for earth

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