globe Meaning, Definition & Usage

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
noun an object with a spherical shape
ball; orb.
- a ball of fire
noun a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented

L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.

A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.
Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article. Locke.
A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; -- called also artificial globe.
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.

imperfect & past participle Globed ; present participle & verbal noun Globing