globe

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a sphere on which a map, especially of the earth, is represented

   I looked at the globe and tried to locate a mountain range that I had never heard of before.

2. 2
   noun

   The planet Earth.

   Already Cæſar Has ravaged more than half the Globe, and ſees Mankind grown thin by his deſtructive Sword: Should he go further, Numbers would be wanting To form new Battels, and ſupport his Crimes.

3. 3
   noun

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.

   Him round / A globe of fiery seraphim enclosed.

5. 5
   noun

   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.

6. 6
   noun

   the 3rd planet from the sun

7. 7
   noun

   an object with a spherical shape

8. 8
   noun

   Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.

Etymology

From late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globus.