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globe

SayGLOHBUS/ɡloʊb/UK/ɡləʊb/

Pluralglobes

Verbglobes, globing, globed

10 meanings of globe

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    Our planet Earth: the whole world where all people live.

    News of the storm spread across the globe in just a few hours.

    People all over the globe watched the soccer final on TV.

    Similarworld, planet, earth

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  2. 2
    nouncountable
    A ball-shaped model of the Earth that shows the countries and oceans.

    The teacher spun the globe and pointed to Africa.

    He found his home country on the small globe in the library.

  3. 3
    nouncountable
    Any object with a round shape like a ball.

    He shaped the dough into a smooth globe before baking it.

    Bright globes of light hung along the garden path.

    Similarsphere, ball, orb

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  4. 4
    verbtransitive
    To make something into the shape of a ball.

    Globe the clay between your hands until it is perfectly round.

    She globed the dough into a neat ball before baking it.

    Similarround, ball

  5. 5
    verbintransitive
    To take on the round shape of a ball.

    Drops of water globe on the waxy leaf.

    The melted wax globed as it dripped and cooled.

    Similarball, bead

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  6. 6
    nouncountable
    In ancient Rome, a group of soldiers standing in a tight circle to fight enemies on all sides.

    Like players standing in a circle, back to back, so no one can attack from behind.

    The soldiers formed a globe when enemies attacked from every side.

    Trapped on the open field, the small unit pulled into a globe and held its ground.

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  7. 7
    nouncountable
    A kind of land snail with a round shell that lives in North America.

    We found a globe crawling slowly across the wet garden path.

    The globe pulled its soft body back into its round shell.

  8. 8
    nounslangcountableplural
    A slang word for a woman's round breast or bottom.

    Her tight dress showed off every globe and curve.

    The men whistled and joked about her globes as she walked past.

    Similarorb

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Less common meanings

  1. 9
    noundatedAustraliaSouth Africacountable
    A light bulb: the glass part that makes light when you turn it on.

    Dad climbed the ladder to change the globe in the hallway.

    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.
    1920, Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific bulletin: volumes 9-10Here, globe means a light bulb.

    Similarbulb, lightbulb

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  2. 10
    nounobsolete
    A group of people or things.
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Origin

It came from Latin globus, passing through French into Middle English.