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globe

noun
/ɡləʊb/UK/ɡloʊb/US/ɡloːb/

Etymology

From late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globus.

  1. derived from globus
  2. derived from globe
  3. derived from globe
  4. inherited from globe

Definitions

  1. Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.

  2. The planet Earth.

    • Already Cæſar Has ravaged more than half the Globe, and ſees Mankind grown thin by his deſtructive Sword: Should he go further, Numbers would be wanting To form new Battels, and ſupport his Crimes.
    • But whatever opinion or theory may be formed by any one, all agree that at some period or other this world has been destroyed by water, and that the proofs of this assertion are found in every part of the globe

  3. A spherical model of Earth or other planet.

  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. A light bulb.

      • Don't ask for a new globe just because the old one needs dusting. The old-style carbon lamps wasted electricity when they began to fade and it was economy to replace them.

    2. A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry…

      A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.

      • Him round / A globe of fiery seraphim enclosed.

    3. A woman's breast or buttock, whichever is more prominent.

      • 'I got my wig out and my globes,' she joked to E! News host Ryan Seacrest, adjusting her breasts.

    4. A group.

    5. A land snail of the genus Mesodon.

    6. To become spherical.

    7. To make spherical.

    8. A city, the county seat of Gila County, Arizona.

    9. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin.

The neighborhood

Derived

cyberglobe, englobe, eyeglobe, globe algae, globe amaranth, globe animalcule, globe artichoke, globe daisy, globe earther, globe-earther, globefish, globeflower, globeful, globehead, globeless, globelet, globe lightning, globelike, globe luxation, globemaker, globemaking, globe mallow, globe of compression, globe of the world, globe sight, globesity, globe sponge, globetard, globe thistle, globetrot, globe-trot, globe-trotter, globe trotter, globe-trotting, globewise, globie, globiferous, globocrat, globoid, globophobe · +11 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at globe. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01globe02planet03orbits04orbit05sphere

A definitional loop anchored at globe. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at globe

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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