ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EARTH
Old English eorthe; related to Old Norse jorth, Old High German ertha, Gothic airtha, Greek erā.
Definition of earth in the English dictionary
The first definition of earth in the dictionary is the third planet from the sun, the only planet on which life is known to exist. It is not quite spherical, being flattened at the poles, and consists of three geological zones, the core, mantle, and thin outer crust. The surface, covered with large areas of water, is enveloped by an atmosphere principally of nitrogen, oxygen, and some water vapour. The age is estimated at over four thousand million years. Distance from sun: 149.6 million km; equatorial diameter: 12 756 km; mass: 5.976 × 1024 kg; sidereal period of axial rotation: 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds; sidereal period of revolution about sun: 365.256 days related adjectives terrestrial tellurian telluric terrene. Other definition of earth is the inhabitants of this planet. Earth is also the dry surface of this planet as distinguished from sea or sky; land; ground.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EARTH
PRESENT
Present
I earth
you earth
he/she/it earths
we earth
you earth
they earth
Present continuous
I am earthing
you are earthing
he/she/it is earthing
we are earthing
you are earthing
they are earthing
Present perfect
I have earthed
you have earthed
he/she/it has earthed
we have earthed
you have earthed
they have earthed
Present perfect continuous
I have been earthing
you have been earthing
he/she/it has been earthing
we have been earthing
you have been earthing
they have been earthing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I earthed
you earthed
he/she/it earthed
we earthed
you earthed
they earthed
Past continuous
I was earthing
you were earthing
he/she/it was earthing
we were earthing
you were earthing
they were earthing
Past perfect
I had earthed
you had earthed
he/she/it had earthed
we had earthed
you had earthed
they had earthed
Past perfect continuous
I had been earthing
you had been earthing
he/she/it had been earthing
we had been earthing
you had been earthing
they had been earthing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will earth
you will earth
he/she/it will earth
we will earth
you will earth
they will earth
Future continuous
I will be earthing
you will be earthing
he/she/it will be earthing
we will be earthing
you will be earthing
they will be earthing
Future perfect
I will have earthed
you will have earthed
he/she/it will have earthed
we will have earthed
you will have earthed
they will have earthed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been earthing
you will have been earthing
he/she/it will have been earthing
we will have been earthing
you will have been earthing
they will have been earthing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would earth
you would earth
he/she/it would earth
we would earth
you would earth
they would earth
Conditional continuous
I would be earthing
you would be earthing
he/she/it would be earthing
we would be earthing
you would be earthing
they would be earthing
Conditional perfect
I would have earth
you would have earth
he/she/it would have earth
we would have earth
you would have earth
they would have earth
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been earthing
you would have been earthing
he/she/it would have been earthing
we would have been earthing
you would have been earthing
they would have been earthing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you earth
we let´s earth
you earth
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
earthing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EARTH»
The term «earth» is very widely used and occupies the
2.245 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
FREQUENCY
Very widely used
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10 QUOTES WITH «EARTH»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
earth.
I say: The time has come for my courageous and proud people, after decades of displacement and colonial occupation and ceaseless suffering, to live like other peoples of the earth, free in a sovereign and independent homeland.
Being pregnant finally helped me understand what my true relationship was with my body - meaning that it wasn't put on this earth to look good in a swimsuit.
Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever existed on earth.
What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and challenges, is a sense of purpose and meaning.
Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time.
I hope to see the bringing together of all the best educated people of the earth into a worldwide Congress of Scientists.
It's about how you exist as a person in the world, and the idea that your work is more important than you as a person is a horrible, horrible message. I always think about a little gay boy in Wisconsin or a little lesbian in Arkansas seeing someone like me, and if I cannot be open in my life, how on earth can they?
Secondly, the nature of the revolutions which have altered the surface of the earth must have had a more decisive effect on the terrestrial quadrupeds than on the marine animals.
Jude has a very different character. It is not the cradle of Christianity, or of the assembly on earth: it is its decay and its death here below. It does not keep its first estate.
You see, I had been riding with the storm clouds, and had come to earth as rain, and it was drought that I had killed with the power that the Six Grandfathers gave me.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EARTH»
Discover the use of
earth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
earth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Book): A ...
After two weeks of hard work, they had their book. EARTH (The Book) is the definitive guide to our species.
2
The Late Great Planet
Earth
Based on passages from the Old and New Testaments, the author predicts events which will immediately affect the future of our planet.
3
Earth: Pleiadian Keys to the Living Library
Earth: Pleiadian Keys to the Living Library is their handbook to inspired living, calling on us to restore and return value to the human being, and to recognize the Goddess energies and the power of blood as connections to our DNA and our ...
Pearl S. Buck’s timeless masterpiece, the Pulitzer Prize–winning story of a farmer’s journey through China in the 1920s The Good Earth is Buck’s classic story of Wang Lung, a Chinese peasant farmer, and his wife, O-lan, a former ...
5
Earth: Evolution of a Habitable World
This is an outstanding overview of the history of the Earth from a unique planetary perspective for introductory courses in the earth sciences.
Provides a history of building with earth in the modern era, focusing on projects constructed in the last few decades that use rammed earth, mud brick, compressed earth, cob, and several other techniques made more relevant than ever by ...
7
The Wretched of the
Earth
Bearing singular insight into the rage of colonized peoples and the role of violence in historical change, the book also incisively attacks postindependence disenfranchisement of the masses by the elite on one hand, and intertribal and ...
8
Let's Review:
Earth science-- the physical setting
Designed especially to help prepare students taking the New York State Regents Examination, this book makes a valuable supplementary text for high-school-level Earth Science classes throughout the country.
Edward J. Denecke, William H. Carr, 2008
9
Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability and Peace
With Earth Democracy, her most extensive treatment of the struggles she helped bring to international attention-genetic food engineering, cultural theft, and natural resource privatization-Shiva uncovers their link to the rising tide of ...
10
Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect
In Earth in Mind, noted environmental educator David W. Orr focuses not on problems in education, but on the problem of education.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EARTH»
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earth is used in the context of the following news items.
One Man's Quest to Save the Most Colossal Fishes on Earth
Cutting through the state is one of the mightiest waterways on Earth, the Colorado River, and Hogan knows its power intimately: While on a ... «Wired, Jul 15»
Opinion: Stephen Hawking's catastrophic end for Planet Earth
Climate-change agreements: have failed Planet Earth for decades. “There is a frustrating lack of attention paid to agriculture in the current ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
Bricks to build an Earth found in every planetary system
Earth-like planets orbiting other stars in the Milky Way are three times more likely to have the same type of minerals as Earth than astronomers ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
Explore Pluto in Google Earth!
We've made a version of our current maps for use in Google Earth. ... Since this is an image overlay for Google Earth, the underlying size of the ... «The Planetary Society, Jul 15»
See All The Satellites And Space Junk Circling Earth In Real-Time
From down here on the ground, space looks like a pristine void. But Earth's orbit is actually crowded with a ton of stuff, from human-made ... «Popular Science, Jul 15»
Data shows surfer-shaped waves in near-Earth space
"We have known before that Kelvin-Helmholtz waves exist at the boundaries of Earth's magnetic environment - but they were considered ... «Nanowerk, Jul 15»
Third rock from the sun getting closer to it
Elliptical orbit brings Earth closer to the sun. For the next few months, we'll be getting closer to Ol' Sol. GRAPHIC Meteorologist Brett Collar ... «WHIO, Jul 15»
Seven most isolated places on Earth: Where to REALLY get away …
It is at the only place on the land surface of the Earth where the sun is continuously up for six months and then continuously down for six months ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
Pope Francis calls for the 'goods of the Earth' to be shared by …
Pope Francis wraps up the first leg of a three-nation South American pilgrimage today after issuing an impassioned call for a new economic ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Did alien lifeforms brought to Earth on comets start life here and …
New research suggests comets may have brought not just water that created Earth's ocean, but tiny life forms that eventually evolved into ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
