Globe Definition

glōb
globed, globes, globing
noun
globes
A body with the shape of a sphere, especially a representation of the earth in the form of a hollow ball.
American Heritage
Anything shaped somewhat like a globe.
Webster's New World
The earth.
American Heritage
Any round, ball-shaped thing; sphere.
Webster's New World
A planet.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
globed, globes, globing
To assume the shape of or form into a sphere.
American Heritage
To form or gather into a globe.
Webster's New World

To become spherical.

Wiktionary
pronoun

A city in Arizona.

Wiktionary

An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.

Wiktionary
idiom
the Globe
  • former London theater on the S bank of the Thames: site of the original performances of many of Shakespeare's plays
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Globe

Noun

Singular:
globe
Plural:
globes

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Globe

  • the Globe

Origin of Globe

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin globus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French globe, from Latin globus.

    From Wiktionary

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