landscape : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: landscape	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for landscape
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
landscape n an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery Synonym(s): landscape, landscape painting an extensive mental viewpoint; "the political landscape looks bleak without a change of administration"; "we changed the landscape for solving the problem of payroll inequity" v embellish with plants; "Let's landscape the yard" do landscape gardening; "My sons landscapes for corporations and earns a good living"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Landscape \Land"scape\, n. [Formerly written also {landskip}.] [D. landschap; land land + -schap, equiv. to E. -schip; akin to G. landschaft, Sw. landskap, Dan. landskab. See {Land}, {and} {-schip}.] 1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains. 2. A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc. 3. The pictorial aspect of a country. The landscape of his native country had taken hold on his heart. --Macaulay. {Landscape gardening}, The art of laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to produce a picturesque effect.