(n.) A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.
(n.) Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
(n.) The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article.
(n.) A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; -- called also artificial globe.
(n.) A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square.
(v. t.) To gather or form into a globe.
Example Sentences:
(1) Over a period of 9 months a 12-year-old girl spontaneously developed a palpable cystic tumor in the upper eye lid which led to an indentation and downward displacement of the globe.
(2) "For a better world, not only for the Iranian people but for the next generation across the globe, I earnestly hope that President Rouhani will receive a warm welcome and meaningful responses during his visit to the UN."
(3) Lawmakers across the globe are beginning to recognize the need to deter this destructive conduct.
(4) The oblique interface between corneal and scleral stroma determines the appearance of the surgical limbus whose landmarks vary around the circumference of the globe but predictably correlate with structures of the anterior chamber angle.
(5) Levinson's film, to be titled Black Mass, will be based on the New York Times bestseller Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob , by Boston Globe reporters Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill.
(6) In several other cases, MR provided information beyond that obtained with CT. MR has the advantage of providing exquisite anatomic detail in multiplanar images, and it appears to be more sensitive than CT in detecting small, subacute and chronic hemorrhage within soft-tissue masses in the orbit and in detecting ischemia of the globe.
(7) The relationships of age, gender, height, and weight to axial length of the globe were considered.
(8) The resection included the skin, globe, sphenoid wings, and orbitofrontal bone.
(9) Cat corneas were stored at refrigerator temperatures in M-K medium (TC-199, 5% dextran), modified M-K medium (TC-199, 1% chondroitin sulfate), or on the intact globe in moist chambers for intervals of one to nine days.
(10) The idea that these problems exist on the other side of the world, and that we Australians can ignore them by sheltering comfortably in our own sequestered corner of the globe, is a fool’s delusion.” Brandis sought to reach out to Australian Muslims, saying the threat came “principally from a small number of people among us who try to justify criminal acts by perverting the meaning of Islam”.
(11) That he was able to keep his secret treasures here, not in some remote corner of the globe but in the centre of the city that gave birth to the National Socialist movement, is both extraordinary and not short of a certain dark irony.
(12) He said: “We have seen a huge increase in the amount of inquiries and activities across the globe.
(13) The method is especially suited for the treatment of detachments in globes with posterior staphylomas.
(14) The UK-Colombia bilateral investment treaty is one of thousands criss-crossing the globe but is the first Britain will have ratified since 2009.
(15) And it has left the international community floundering as it tries to respond to conflicts spilling across the globe.
(16) In a long piece on the Daily Beast, he also revealed that Mia Farrow had granted permission for her image to be used in film clips honouring Allen during the Golden Globes, and expressed surprise at her Twitter reaction.
(17) It represents something of a vindication for Spielberg whose last high-minded awards contender, the first-world-war drama War Horse, failed to win anything at the last edition of either the Globes or the Oscars.
(18) "I don't think it will come as any surprise to anyone that the government is looking for alternative options and there certainly will be other players around the globe interested in this particular plant," Swinney told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme.
(19) Artists round the globe may plead free speech, but to treat the Pussy Riot gesture as a glorious stand for artistic liberty is like praising Johnny Rotten, who did similar things, as the Voltaire of our day.
(20) Significantly, the one thing that is making him worry is the Globe's stipulation that no English should be used – something that takes little account of how in India language itself has become globalised, along with so much else.
Soccerball
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Landon Donovan and his soccerball superstars aren't good enough to win the World Cup, but on their day, they're certainly good enough to beat England.
(2) 1219 SW Park Avenue, portlandartmuseum.org ‘Soccerball’ – with a cutting edge Facebook Twitter Pinterest Mascot Timber Joey cuts a slice of the Portland Timbers log after the team scores.
(3) Far from being johnny-come-latelies to the soccerball business, the USA were semi-finalists at the first World Cup in 1930 and have qualified eight times since and finished first in qualifying.
(4) I sincerely, truly hope that Liverpool get absolutely stuffed tonight," writes Rob Smyth, once of this parish and a devotee of the MU Rowdies Soccerball Kickers.