Globe

n.	1.	A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.
	2.	Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
	3.	The earth; the terraqueous ball; - usually preceded by the definite article.
	4.	A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; - called also artificial globe.
	5.	A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; - a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square. Him round A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed. - Milton. Globe amaranth (Bot.) a plant of the genus Gomphrena (G. globosa), bearing round heads of variously colored flowers, which long retain color when gathered. Globe animalcule a small, globular, locomotive organism (Volvox globator), once throught to be an animal, afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic algæ. Globe of compression (Mil.) a kind of mine producing a wide crater; - called also overcharged mine. Globe daisy (Bot.) a plant or flower of the genus Globularing, common in Europe. The flowers are minute and form globular heads. Globe sight a form of front sight placed on target rifles. Globe slater (Zool.) an isopod crustacean of the genus Spheroma. Globe thistle (Bot.) a thistlelike plant with the flowers in large globular heads (Cynara Scolymus); also, certain species of the related genus Echinops. Globe valve a - A ball valve. b - A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. - Knight.
v. t.	1.	To gather or form into a globe. [imp. & p. p. Globed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Globing.]

Noun	1.	globe - the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world" Synonyms: Earth, world
	2.	globe - an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire" Synonyms: orb, ball
	3.	globe - a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented

To see a globe in your dream, denotes that you are in complete control of your life. To see a spinning globe in your dream, signifies that your life is going out of control.Earth, Gaea, Ge, Lambert conformal projection, Mercator projection, Miller projection, Tellus, Terra, aeronautical chart, astronomical chart, atlas, azimuthal equidistant projection, azimuthal projection, balloon, bead, biosphere, bladder, blob, boll, bolus, bubble, bulb, bulbil, bulblet, cartographer, cartography, celestial chart, celestial globe, chart, chorographer, chorography, climatic chart, conglobulate, conic projection, contour line, contour map, cylindrical projection, ellipsoid, general reference map, geography, geoid, geosphere, globelet, globoid, globule, glomerulus, gnomonic projection, gob, gobbet, graphic scale, grid line, hachure, heliographic chart, hydrographic chart, index, isoline, knob, knot, lamp shade, latitude, layer tint, legend, longitude, map maker, map projection, mapper, meridian, moonshade, mother earth, mushroom, oblate spheroid, orbit, orblet, parallel, pellet, photogrammetrist, photogrammetry, photomap, phototopography, physical map, planet, political map, polyconic projection, projection, prolate spheroid, relief map, representative fraction, road map, rondure, round, scale, sinusoidal projection, snowball, special map, sphere, spherify, spheroid, spherule, terra, terrain map, terrestrial globe, the blue planet, thematic map, this pendent world, topographer, topographic chart, topography, transportation map, vale, vale of tears, weather chart, weather map, whole wide world

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