globes

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of globe.

   The map shop displayed dozens of spinning globes in its window.

   Several glass globes hung from the ceiling, each holding a small candle.

   Note

   A regular plural, formed with -s and pronounced with a final /z/ sound. It carries the countable meanings of the singular: spinning map models, glass spheres and, in dated Australian and South African use, light bulbs. One meaning lives mainly in the plural. It is slang for a woman's breasts or buttocks, so watch the context in casual speech. The same spelling also serves the verb form.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of globe.

   Note

   The he/she/it form of a verb about roundness, and it works two ways. Used intransitively, something globes when it swells into a sphere. Used transitively, someone globes a thing by shaping it into one. A singular subject in front of it is the quickest way to tell it from the plural noun.

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