earth
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
How often you will meet it
Rank 473 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 43,338 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.021% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on also: world, globe the Earth moves around the sunhe sailed around the world
- the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface also: ground they dug into the earth outside the church
- the solid part of the earth's surface also: land, dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over landthe earth shook for several minutes
- the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell) it was hell on earth
- once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe
- the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife also: worldly concern, earthly concern, world they consider the church to be independent of the world
verb
- hide in the earth like a hunted animal
earth in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It is coming, Old Earth, it is coming tonight!
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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O, thou dost make my brow bend to the earth.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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She wondered how on earth Miss Oakley would manage them.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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The two galleries did not communicate, but only six feet of earth divided them.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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In every little fold of them drops were trickling down now to water the earth and give back the sea its own.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1