Earth vs Epigene - What's the difference?
earth | epigene |
Our planet, third out from the Sun; see main entry Earth.
(uncountable) Soil.
(uncountable) Any general rock-based material.
The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
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, title= (British) A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.
A fox's home or lair.
The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).
* 1819 , John Keats , "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
(alchemy) One of the (w).
(India, and, Japan) One of the (w).
(Taoism) One of the (w).
(British) To connect electrically to the earth .
To bury.
* Young
To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.
* Dryden
To burrow.
(crystallography) foreign; unusual; not natural to the substance in which it was found.
(mineralogy) Of or pertaining to the region just below the surface of the earth.
As a proper noun earth
is our planet, third out from the sun; see main entry earth.As a noun earth
is (uncountable) soil.As a verb earth
is (british) to connect electrically to the earth .As an adjective epigene is
(crystallography) foreign; unusual; not natural to the substance in which it was found.earth
English
(wikipedia earth)Proper noun
- The astronauts saw the earth from the porthole.
Usage notes
* The word earth' is capitalized to ' Earth when used in context with other celestial bodies.Noun
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- "Beauty is truth, truth beauty," - that is all / Ye know on earth , and all ye need to know.
Derived terms
*diatomaceous earth * down to earth * earth closet * Earth Day * earth mother * Earth Summit * * earth tone * earthbound or earth-bound * earthen * earthenware * earthquake * earthling * earthly * earthly paradise * earthquake * earth-shattering * earth sign * earthworm * earthy * ends of the earth * flat earthers * go to earth * Mother Earth * rare earth * rare earth mineral * run to earth * salt of the earth * scorched earth * unearthSee also
* moon * sun * world * * *Verb
(en verb)- That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed .
- The miser earths his treasure, and the thief, / Watching the mole, half beggars him ere noon.
- The fox is earthed .
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