earth

[ə:ð] 1. noun

1) (the third planet in order of distance from the Sun; the planet on which we live: Is Earth nearer the Sun than Mars is?; the geography of the earth.) zemlja

2) (the world as opposed to heaven: heaven and earth.) zemlja

3) (soil: Fill the plant-pot with earth.) prst

4) (dry land; the ground: the earth, sea and sky.) kopno

5) (a burrow or hole of an animal, especially of a fox.) brlog

6) ((a wire that provides) an electrical connection with the earth.) ozemljitev

2. verb

(to connect to earth electrically: Is your washing-machine properly earthed?) ozemljiti

- earthen

- earthly
- earthenware
- earthquake
- earthworm
- on earth
- run to earth

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I [ə:m]

noun

zemlja; zemljišče; tla; prst, glina, ilovica; kopno; lisičina; ozemljitev

to come back to earth — opustiti sanjarjenje; začeti resno misliti

to move heaven and earth — prizadevati si na vse pretege

to take earth, to run ( —ali go) to earth — skriti se v lisičino

to run s.o. to earth — ugnati koga v kozji rog; zasledovati do dna

why on earth? — zakaj zaboga?

down to earth — trezno misleč

to sink into the earth — v tla se pogrezniti (od sramu)

in the face of the earth — na zemeljski površini

no use on earth — popolnoma neuporaben, zanič

while he was on earth — za njegovega življenja

II [ə:m]

1.

transitive verb

zakopati; pokopati, z zemljo pokriti; ozemljiti; v lisičino zapoditi;

2.

intransitive verb

v lisičino se skriti; zakopati se

to earth up — okopa(va)ti (krompir)