globe

noun

1. Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.
2. Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.

   “the globe of a lamp”

3. 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.”

   “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”

   “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.”

4. A spherical model of Earth or other planet.
5. (Australia, South-Africa, dated)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.”

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

   “Him round / A globe of fiery seraphim enclosed.”

7. (in-plural, slang)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.”

   “'I got my wig out and my globes,' she joked to E! News host Ryan Seacrest, adjusting her breasts.”

8. (obsolete)A group.
9. A land snail of the genus Mesodon.

verb

1. (intransitive)To become spherical.
2. (transitive)To make spherical.

name

1. A city, the county seat of Gila County, Arizona.
2. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin.