Globe

//ɡloʊb// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city, the county seat of Gila County, Arizona.
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin.
Noun
  1. 1
    Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.; The eyeball.
  2. 2
    a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented wordnet
  3. 3
    Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.; A part of a device, often a lamp.

    "the globe of a lamp"

  4. 4
    an object with a spherical shape wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    A spherical model of Earth or other planet.
  2. 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."

  3. 8
    A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.

    "Him round / A globe of fiery seraphim enclosed."

  4. 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."

  5. 10
    A group. obsolete
  6. 11
    A land snail of the genus Mesodon.
Verb
  1. 1
    To become spherical. intransitive
  2. 2
    To make spherical. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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