Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Globe \Globe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Globed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Globing}.]
   To gather or form into a globe.

Globe \Globe\, n. [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus a ball of
   yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.]
   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. --Locke.

   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 alg[ae].
      

   {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} (Zo["o]l.), 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.

Source : WordNet®

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