globe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
    earth; world.
    • the Earth moves around the sun
    • he sailed around the world
  2. noun an object with a spherical shape
    ball; orb.
    • a ball of fire
  3. noun a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented

WordNet


Globe noun
Etymology
L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.
Definitions
  1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.
  2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
  3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article. Locke.
  4. A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; -- called also artificial globe.
  5. A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square.
    Him round A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed. Milton.
    Syn. -- Globe, Sphere, Orb, Ball. -- Globe denotes a round, and usually a solid body; sphere is the term applied in astronomy to such a body, or to the concentric spheres or orbs of the old astronomers; orb is used, especially in poetry, for globe or sphere, and also for the pathway of a heavenly body; ball is applied to the heavenly bodies concieved of as impelled through space.
Globe transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Globed ; present participle & verbal noun Globing
Definitions
  1. To gather or form into a globe.

Webster 1913