GLOBE
\ɡlˈə͡ʊb], \ɡlˈəʊb], \ɡ_l_ˈəʊ_b]\
Definitions of GLOBE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
Sort: Oldest first
-
an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"
-
a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented
By Princeton University
-
an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"
-
a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
-
A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.
-
Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
-
To gather or form into a globe.
-
The earth; the terraqueous ball; - usually preceded by the definite article.
-
A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; - called also artificial globe.
-
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.
By Oddity Software
-
A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.
-
Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
-
To gather or form into a globe.
-
The earth; the terraqueous ball; - usually preceded by the definite article.
-
A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; - called also artificial globe.
-
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.
By Noah Webster.
-
A spherical body; ball; a sphere on which are represented the divisions of the earth, etc. (terrestrial globe), or the heavenly bodies (celestial globe); the globe, the earth.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
-
A ball: a round body, a sphere: the earth: a sphere representing the earth (terrestrial globe) or the heavens (celestial globe).
-
To become round or globe-shaped. E.B. Browning.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Robley Dunglison
-
n. [Latin] A round or spherical body; an orb; a ball; a sphere: a body, every part of whose surface is equidistant from the centre; —the earth; the planet we inhabit;—pl. Two spheres of metal, paper, or other matter, on whose convex surfaces are drawn a map or figure of the earth or of the heavens, called terrestrial and celestial globes.
-
A sphere, a ball, a round body, a body of which every part of the surface is at the same distance from the centre; the terraqueous ball; a sphere in which the various regions of the earth are geographically depicted, or in which the constellations are laid down according to their places in the sky.
By Thomas Sheridan
Word of the day
SQ10,643
- A serotonin antagonist with limited antihistaminic, anticholinergic, and immunosuppressive activity.