globe
verbEtymology From late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globus.
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To become spherical.
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To make spherical.
globe
nounUK /ɡləʊb/ · US /ɡloʊb/
Etymology From late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globus.
8 senses
› Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.
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Medicine, Sciences The eyeball.
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A spherical model of Earth or of another planet.
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A part of a device, often a lamp.
- the globe of a lamp
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Australia, South Africa, Dated A light bulb.
- 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 9-10, page 26:
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A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.
- Him round / A globe of fiery seraphim enclosed.1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
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In plural, Slang A woman's breast or buttock, whichever is more prominent.
- Meanwhile, Jennifer Lopez went with her favorite silhouette: a robe-like dress, barely fastened solely in the areas you actually can’t reveal on the red carpet (remember that famous Versace number at the Grammys?). This year, she wore a silver and cream Zuhair Murad that showed off all of her best assets, which even caused Jeremy Renner to blurt out a comment about her “globes” on stage.2015 January 15, Paige Reddinger, “The Golden Globes 2015: A Full Tapis Rouge Rundown”, in Fashion Week Daily, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2019:
- 'I got my wig out and my globes,' she joked to E! News host Ryan Seacrest, adjusting her breasts.2016 January 11, Caitlin O’Toole, “'I got my wig out and my globes': Katy Perry wears big hair and a VERY low-cut pink dress on red carpet”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2026:
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Obsolete A group.
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A land snail of the genus Mesodon.
- Derived terms
53 terms
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