globe UK /ɡləʊb/US /ɡloʊb/noun 9verb 2forms 3 noun9 •Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object. •A spherical model of Earth or of another planet. •The eyeball. •A part of a device, often a lamp. •(Australia, South-Africa) 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. — 1920 •[in the plural] (slang) A woman's breast or buttock, whichever is more prominent.'I got my wig out and my globes,' she joked to E! News host Ryan Seacrest, adjusting her breasts. — 2016 •A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.Him round / A globe of fiery seraphim enclosed. — 1667 •A land snail of the genus Mesodon. •(no longer used) A group. verb2 •To become spherical. •To make spherical. formsglobed · globing · globes
Globe noun1 •the world, seen as one place that all countries belong toThey aspired to circumnavigate the Globe.