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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A fox's home or lair.
  • alchemy One of the four basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
  • British A connection electrically to the ''earth'' (''US'' ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.
  • Taoist One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Five Elements).
  • and|Japan One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
  • The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
  • The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).
  • uncountable Any general rock-based material.
  • uncountable Soil.

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Proper noun:

  • paganism The Earth Goddess in Heathenry.
  • Our planet, third out from the Sun; see main entry Earth.
  • The third planet in order from the Sun, upon which humans live. Represented in astronomy and astrology by ? and ?.

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Verb:

  • British To connect electrically to the ''earth''.
  • To bury.

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