earth

verb

earthed; earthing; earths

transitive verb

1

: to drive to hiding in the earth

2

: to draw soil about (plants)

—often used with up

3

chiefly British : ground sense 4

intransitive verb

of a hunted animal : to hide in the ground

Examples of earth in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The practice is called grounding, also known as earthing, and it’s been documented across cultures for thousands of years. —Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2026

The outer cylinder is earthed while the inner one is not, creating a capacitor. —The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1575, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Phrases Containing earth

• (a) heaven on earth
• alkaline earth metal
• brown earth
• diatomaceous earth
• down-to-earth
• earth color
• earth mother
• earth science
• earth-shattering
• earth-sheltered
• earth station
• earth tone
• from the four corners of the earth
• fuller's earth
• hell on earth
• infusorial earth
• low earth orbit
• move heaven and earth
• on earth
• on the face of the earth
• promise (someone) the stars/moon/earth/world
• rare earth
• rare earth element
• scorched-earth
• scum of the earth
• the ends of the earth
• the face of the earth
• the salt of the earth
• wipe (someone or something) off the face of the earth

Rhymes for earth

• berth
• birth
• dearth
• firth
• girth
• mirth
• worth
• afterbirth
• childbirth
• rebirth
• stillbirth
• tamworth

Kids Definition

earth

noun

ˈərth

1

: the soft or granular material composing part of the surface of the globe

especially : soil that can be cultivated

2

: the place of mortal life as distinguished from heaven and hell

3

: land as distinguished from sea and air : ground

4

often capitalized : the planet on which we live see planet