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

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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

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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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