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GLOBE
globe
(noun) a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented
Earth, earth, world, globe
(noun) the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; “the Earth moves around the sun”; “he sailed around the world”
ball, globe, orb
(noun) an object with a spherical shape; “a ball of fire”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Globe
A city, the county seat of Gila County, Arizona
An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin
Anagrams
• Belgo-, Bogle, Gobel, Goble, bogle
Etymology
Noun
globe (plural globes)
Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.
The planet Earth.
A spherical model of Earth or any planet.
(dated or Australia, South Africa) A light bulb.
A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.
(slang, chiefly, in the plural) A woman's breast.
(obsolete) A group.
Synonyms
• (The Earth): Earth, world, Terra, Sol III
Verb
globe (third-person singular simple present globes, present participle globing, simple past and past participle globed)
(intransitive) To become spherical.
(transitive) To make spherical.
Anagrams
• Belgo-, Bogle, Gobel, Goble, bogle
Source: Wiktionary
Globe, n. Etym: [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.]
1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.
2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article. Locke.
4. A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; -- called also artificial globe.
5. 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. Him round A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed. Milton. Globe amaranth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gomphrena (G. globosa), bearing round heads of variously colored flowers, which long retain color when gathered.
– Globe animalcule, a small, globular, locomotive organism (Volvox globator), once throught to be an animal, afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic algæ.
– Globe of compression (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a wide crater; -- called also overcharged mine.
– Globe daisy (Bot.), a plant or flower of the genus Globularing, common in Europe. The flowers are minute and form globular heads.
– Globe sight, a form of front sight placed on target rifles.
– Globe slater (Zoöl.), an isopod crustacean of the genus Spheroma.
– Globe thistle (Bot.), a thistlelike plant with the flowers in large globular heads (Cynara Scolymus); also, certain species of the related genus Echinops.
– Globe valve. (a) A ball valve. (b) A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. Knight.
Syn.
– Globe, Sphere, Orb, Ball.
– Globe denotes a round, and usually a solid body; sphere is the term applied in astronomy to such a body, or to the concentric spheres or orbs of the old astronomers; orb is used, especially in poetry, for globe or sphere, and also for the pathway of a heavenly body; ball is applied to the heavenly bodies concieved of as impelled through space.
Globe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Globed; p. pr. & vb. n. Globing.]
Definition: To gather or form into a globe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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