(uncountable) Soil. / (uncountable) Any general rock-based material. / The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).

(UK, transitive) To connect electrically to the earth. / (transitive) To bury. / (transitive) To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den. / (intransitive) To burrow.

A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.

(intransitive) To undergo an earthquake.

(nobility) A British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female using the style is termed a countess.

A worm that lives in the ground. / A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina. / (figuratively) A contemptible person; a groveller.

(transitive) To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work. / (transitive) To receive payment for work. / (intransitive) To receive payment for work.

(transitive, archaic) To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process. / (intransitive, obsolete) Of milk: to curdle, espcially in the cheesemaking process.

(transitive, obsolete) To strongly long or yearn (for something or to do something). / (intransitive, obsolete) To grieve.

Alternative form of erne