(n.) The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in distinction from the dwelling place of spirits.
(n.) The solid materials which make up the globe, in distinction from the air or water; the dry land.
(n.) The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like; sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth; rich earth.
(n.) A part of this globe; a region; a country; land.
(n.) Worldly things, as opposed to spiritual things; the pursuits, interests, and allurements of this life.
(n.) The people on the globe.
(n.) Any earthy-looking metallic oxide, as alumina, glucina, zirconia, yttria, and thoria.
(n.) A similar oxide, having a slight alkaline reaction, as lime, magnesia, strontia, baryta.
(n.) A hole in the ground, where an animal hides himself; as, the earth of a fox.
(v. t.) To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.
(v. t.) To cover with earth or mold; to inter; to bury; -- sometimes with up.
(v. i.) To burrow.
(n.) A plowing.
Example Sentences:
(1) The suits ensures the conditions for the function of the musculoskeletal apparatus and the cardiovascular system which are close to those on the Earth.
(2) One of the most interesting aspects of the shadow cabinet elections, not always readily interpreted because of the bizarre process of alliances of convenience, is whether his colleagues are ready to forgive and forget his long years as Brown's representative on earth.
(4) Two years ago, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change declared Egypt's Nile Delta to be among the top three areas on the planet most vulnerable to a rise in sea levels, and even the most optimistic predictions of global temperature increase will still displace millions of Egyptians from one of the most densely populated regions on earth.
(5) The EMD was miniaturized by using rare earth magnets in the construction of both external transmitter and internal receiver.
(6) This is especially the case when it is confronted with regimes such as those of Bashar al-Assad and Vladimir Putin that feel no compunction over a scorched-earth response to insurgency and do so with calculation.
(7) These can lead to communications blackouts around the Earth and produce aurorae; indeed, there have been several nice displays over recent weeks.
(8) Its first two features, Earth and Oceans , together took nearly $200m worldwide.
(9) How on earth do you follow a 5-1 victory over Spain ?
(10) The Rio+ 20 Earth summit could collapse after countries failed to agree on acceptable language just two weeks before 120 world leaders arrive at the biggest UN summit ever organised, WWF warned on Wednesday.
(11) The goal of the expedition, led by Prof Ken Takai of the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, was to study the limits of life at deep-sea vents in the Cayman Trough as part of a round-the-world voyage of discovery by the research ship RV Yokosuka .
(12) Alternatively, they were provided with a small foveal target, either fixed with respect to earth (earth-fixed target: EFT condition), or moving with them (chair-fixed-target: CFT condition).
(13) For a start, why on earth was Platini being paid in February 2011 for work he did at Fifa, as Blatter’s special advisor, which finished nine years earlier?
(14) Dr Michael P. Taylor is a computer programmer with Index Data and a research associate at the department of earth sciences, University of Bristol
(15) "Astronauts have said that you step off the Earth and look back and you see things differently.
(16) It may have been like punk never ‘appened, but you caught a whiff of the movement’s scorched earth puritanism in the mocking disdain with which Smash Hits addressed rock-star hedonism.
(17) Yasuni is among the most biodiverse regions on Earth, with each hectare containing more tree species than the US and Canada combined.
(18) In front of his family, friends and close colleagues stood the man who founded Apple, was fired from Apple and came back to lead Apple to a greatness, reach and influence that no one on earth imagined.
(19) It's not Greenpeace , it's not Friends of the Earth , it's not, for the most part, the Sierra Club .
(20) Two dogs, Dezik and Tsygan, survived a sub-orbital flight after their capsule parachuted them back to earth.
Hide
Definition:
(v. t.) To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.
(v. t.) To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
(v. t.) To remove from danger; to shelter.
(v. i.) To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.
(n.) An abode or dwelling.
(n.) A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres.
(n.) The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.
(n.) The human skin; -- so called in contempt.
(v. t.) To flog; to whip.
Example Sentences:
(1) A series of hierarchical multiple regressions revealed the effects of Surgency, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Intellect on evoking upset in spouses through condescension (e.g., treating spouse as stupid or inferior), possessiveness (demanding too much time and attention), abuse (slapping spouse), unfaithfulness (having sex with others), inconsiderateness (leaving toilet seat up), moodiness (crying a lot), alcohol abuse (drinking too much alcohol), emotional constriction (hiding emotions to act tough), and self-centeredness (acting selfishly).
(2) In the US where laws over the use of cannabis or possession of class-A drugs can be wildly different between states, it also made it easier to hide from the law.
(3) Their only clues were two statements involving contrasting mental terms, with each statement referring to one of the possible hiding places.
(4) If he felt his actions were consistent with civil disobedience, then he should do what those who have taken issue with their own government do: challenge it, speak out, engage in a constructive act of protest, and – importantly – accept the consequences of his actions.” “He should come home to the United States, and be judged by a jury of his peers – not hide behind the cover of an authoritarian regime.
(5) But when people's jobs, homes and businesses are in jeopardy, it is not enough for the prime minister and the chancellor to use the eurozone crisis as a cloak to hide their lack of action.
(6) Pallo Jordan , the ANC's chief propagandist in exile during the apartheid era, made no effort to hide his emotions.
(7) What else is government hiding from us – and when will it kill us?
(8) TV's Jeremy Paxman didn't even bother hiding his disdain for the introduction of weather reports to Newsnight – "It's April.
(9) Governments should commit to including PPPs in national accounts and stop hiding their true cost.
(10) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Table corals provide an excellent hiding place for smaller fish.
(11) "There are definitely green men there today, they aren't hiding that they're from Crimea, from Russia," she said, referring to the unmarked soldiers Russia deployed to take control of Crimea last month, who are popularly known as "little green men".
(12) When multiple database systems are present, a flexible front end can provide sophisticated querying capabilities that bridge the systems, while hiding the complexities of the multiple systems from the user.
(13) He hadn't seen his children very much even before he went to prison because he was always busy running around, hiding underground.
(14) Inspection hides poor practice, and companies become more concerned with the regulator than with residents and relatives.
(15) Extensive research among the Afghan National Army – 68 focus groups – and US military personnel alike concluded: "One group sees the other as a bunch of violent, reckless, intrusive, arrogant, self-serving profane, infidel bullies hiding behind high technology; and the other group [the US soldiers] generally views the former as a bunch of cowardly, incompetent, obtuse, thieving, complacent, lazy, pot-smoking, treacherous, and murderous radicals.
(16) The rough spot where protesters say shots were fired from Rice recalled in a telephone interview that he “heard gunshots go off and felt a bullet whizz by my head,” prompting him to take cover from the direction of the shots by hiding behind a car, while facing the police line.
(17) When I clambered onto the fishing boat after the last men left, it occurred to me that an armed smuggler might be hiding below deck, waiting to sail the boat back to Libya.
(18) In fact, he's a rampant homophobe, which usually suggests someone might actually be a teeny bit gay and trying to hide it – but he isn't, at all.
(19) After hiding in bushes, where she was bitten by a snake, she decided to return to her family, only to find them being lined up next to one of the newly dug pits that had appeared near Tutsi homes.
(20) Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt was grilled for six hours at the Leveson inquiry and his evidence touched on phone-hacking, his meetings with the Murdochs, the role of his former special adviser Adam Smith and whether he really did hide behind a tree.