1. (noun)Earth, earth, world, globe the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
"the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"
2. (noun)earth, ground the loose soft material that makes up a largepart of the landsurface "they dug into the earth outside the church"
3. (noun)land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma the solidpart of the earth's surface "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"
4. (noun)Earth, earth the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell)
"it was hell on earth"
6. (noun)worldly concern, earthly concern, world, earth the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife "they consider the church to be independent of the world"