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earthing

/ˈɜː(ɹ)θɪŋ/

earthing is the present participle and gerund of earth.

Noun

earthing (countable and uncountable, plural earthings)

  1. The act or process of placing (something) in the earth; planting; burying
  2. The process of connecting with the earth's energy, usually through bodily contact (e.g. walking barefoot), supposed to achieve health and vitality.

Meaning of earth

Verb

earth (third-person singular simple present earths, present participle earthing, simple past and past participle earthed)

  1. (UK, transitive) To connect electrically to the earth.
    • That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed.
    Synonyms:
    ground
  2. (transitive) To bury.
    • The Miſer earths his Treaſure; and the Thief, / Watching the Mole, half-beggars him ere Morn.1745, [Edward Young], “Night the Ninth and Last. The Consolation. Containing, among Other Things, I. A Moral Survey of the Nocturnal Heavens. II. A Night-Address to the Deity. […]”, in The Complaint...
  3. (transitive) To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.
    • […]the Fox is earth’d,[…]1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act IV, page 48
  4. (intransitive) To burrow.
    • foxes earth'da. 1740, Thomas Tickell, Fragment on Hunting

See all 19 meanings of earth

Forms of earthing

pluralearthings

Origin of earthing

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From earth + -ing.

Phrases with earthing

Questions about earthing

What does earthing mean?
Earthing means the act or process of placing (something) in the earth; planting; burying.
What is earthing the present participle and gerund of?
Earthing is the present participle and gerund of earth.
What part of speech is earthing?
Earthing is a noun.
How do you pronounce earthing?
Earthing is pronounced /ˈɜː(ɹ)θɪŋ/.
What is the plural of earthing?
The plural of earthing is earthings.

Words near earthing in the dictionary

  1. earthies
  2. earthiest
  3. earthily
  4. earthiness
  5. earthinesses
  6. earthing
  7. earthing up
  8. earthings
  9. earthish
  10. earthism
  11. earthist

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