earth vs old sod

earth

noun
  • A region of the planet; a land or country. 

  • The people on the globe. 

  • The lair or den (as a hole in the ground) of an animal such as a fox. 

  • Any planet similar to the Earth (our earth): an exoplanet viewed as another earth, or a potential one. 

  • A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner. 

  • The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea). 

  • Soil. 

  • The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife). 

  • The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the four or five classical elements. 

  • Worldly things, as against spiritual ones. 

  • Any general rock-based material. 

verb
  • To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den. 

  • To bury. 

  • To burrow. 

  • To connect electrically to the earth. 

old sod

noun
  • The old country; one's place of origin. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, sod (person). 

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