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Globe
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- 1 A city, the county seat of Gila County, Arizona.
- 2 An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin.
- 1 Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.; The eyeball.
- 2 a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented wordnet
- 3 Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.; A part of a device, often a lamp.
"the globe of a lamp"
- 4 an object with a spherical shape wordnet
- 5 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."
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- 6 A spherical model of Earth or other planet.
- 7 A light bulb. Australia, South-Africa, dated
"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."
- 8 A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.
"Him round / A globe of fiery seraphim enclosed."
- 9 A woman's breast or buttock, whichever is more prominent. in-plural, slang
"Meanwhile, Jennifer Lopez went with her favorite silhouette: a robe-like dress, barely fastened solely in the areas you actually can’t reveal on the red carpet (remember that famous Versace number at the Grammys?). This year, she wore a silver and cream Zuhair Murad that showed off all of her best assets, which even caused Jeremy Renner to blurt out a comment about her “globes” on stage."
- 10 A group. obsolete
- 11 A land snail of the genus Mesodon.
- 1 To become spherical. intransitive
- 2 To make spherical. transitive
Etymology
From late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globus.
From late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globus.
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