"globe" Definition

Definitions for the word "globe" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; -- called also artificial globe.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To gather or form into a globe.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 a (prec. By the) the earth. B spherical representation of it with a map on the surface. 2 spherical object, e.g. A fish-bowl, lamp, etc. [latin globus]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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