earth
verb/ɜːθ/
/ɜːrθ/
(British English) (North American English ground)
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they earth | /ɜːθ/ /ɜːrθ/ |
| he / she / it earths | /ɜːθs/ /ɜːrθs/ |
| past simple earthed | /ɜːθt/ /ɜːrθt/ |
| past participle earthed | /ɜːθt/ /ɜːrθt/ |
| -ing form earthing | /ˈɜːθɪŋ/ /ˈɜːrθɪŋ/ |
- earth something to make electrical equipment safe by connecting it to the ground with a wireTopics Engineeringc2Word OriginOld English eorthe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch aarde and German Erde.
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