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plural globes
Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object. examples
The planet Earth. quotations examples
But whatever opinion or theory may be formed by any one, all agree that at some period or other this world has been destroyed by water, and that the proofs of this assertion are found in every part of the globe
1866, John Locke, A System of Theology
Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.
2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18
A spherical model of Earth or other planet. examples
(dated or Australia, South Africa) A light bulb. quotations examples
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
A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square. quotations examples
Him round / A globe of fiery seraphim enclosed.
1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,
(slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
(obsolete) A group.
A land snail of the genus Mesodon examples
third-person singular simple present globes, present participle globing, simple past and past participle globed
(intransitive) To become spherical. examples
(transitive) To make spherical. examples