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Globing

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globe

  [glohb] noun, verb, globed, glob⋅ing.
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–noun
1. the planet Earth (usually prec. by the).
2. a planet or other celestial body.
3. a sphere on which is depicted a map of the earth (terrestrial globe) or of the heavens (celestial globe).
4. a spherical body; sphere.
5. anything more or less spherical, as a lampshade or a glass fishbowl.
6. a golden ball traditionally borne as an emblem of sovereignty; orb.
–verb (used with object)
7. to form into a globe.
–verb (used without object)
8. to take the form of a globe.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < MF globe < L globus round body, ball, sphere

Related forms:
globelike, adjective

Synonyms:
1. See earth.
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globe   (glōb)   
n.  

  1. A body with the shape of a sphere, especially a representation of the earth in the form of a hollow ball.

    1. The earth.

    2. A planet.

  3. A spherical or bowllike container, especially a glass cover for a light bulb.

  4. A sphere emblematic of sovereignty; an orb.

intr. & tr.v.   globed, glob·ing, globes
To assume the shape of or form into a sphere.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin globus.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

globe 
1551, "sphere," from L. globus "round mass, sphere," related to gleba "clod, soil, land." Sense of "planet earth," or a three-dimensional map of it first attested 1553. Globalization first attested 1959. Global village first attested 1960, popularized, if not coined, by Canadian educator Marshall McLuhan (1911-80).
"Postliterate man's electronic media contract the world to a village or tribe where everything happens to everyone at the same time: everyone knows about, and therefore participates in, everything that is happening the minute it happens. Television gives this quality of simultaneity to events in the global village." [Carpenter & McLuhan, "Explorations in Communication," 1960]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: globe
Pronunciation: 'glOb
Function: noun
: EYEBALL
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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