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English Dictionary: land |
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5 results for land |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- land
- n
- the land on which real estate is located; "he built the
house on land leased from the city"
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"
Synonym(s): land, ground, soil
- territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"
Synonym(s): domain, demesne, land
- the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"
Synonym(s): land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma
- the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
Synonym(s): country, state, land
- a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south"
Synonym(s): kingdom, land, realm
- extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"
Synonym(s): estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne
- the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"
Synonym(s): nation, land, country
- a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
Synonym(s): state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic
- United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)
Synonym(s): Land, Din Land, Edwin Herbert Land
- agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"
Synonym(s): farming, land
- v
- reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest
branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"
Synonym(s): land, set down
- cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
Synonym(s): land, put down, bring down
- bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"
Synonym(s): bring, land
- bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"
- deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's head"
- arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"
Synonym(s): land, set ashore, shore
- shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
Synonym(s): down, shoot down, land
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Land \Land\, n.
Urine. See {Lant}. [Obs.]
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Land \Land\, n. [AS. land, lond; akin to D., G., Icel., Sw.,
Dan., and Goth. land. ]
1. The solid part of the surface of the earth; -- opposed to
water as constituting a part of such surface, especially
to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage.
They turn their heads to sea, their sterns to land.
--Dryden.
2. Any portion, large or small, of the surface of the earth,
considered by itself, or as belonging to an individual or
a people, as a country, estate, farm, or tract.
Go view the land, even Jericho. --Josh. ii. 1.
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where
wealth accumulates and men decay. --Goldsmith.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Land \Land\, v. i.
To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to come to
the end of a course.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Land \Land\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Landed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Landing}.]
1. To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft;
to disembark; to debark.
I 'll undertake top land them on our coast. --Shak.
2. To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a
fish.
3. To set down after conveying; to cause to fall, alight, or
reach; to bring to the end of a course; as, he landed the
quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and landed
in the mud; to land one in difficulties or mistakes.
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