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land
(l/&/nd )

noun (n)

  • the land on which real estate is located(noun.possession)
    Example:
    He built the house on land leased from the city.
    source: wordnet30
  • material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)(noun.object)
    Example:
    The land had never been plowed.
    Synonym:
    ground, soil
    source: wordnet30
  • territory over which rule or control is exercised(noun.location)
    Example:
    He made it the law of the land.
    Synonym:
    demesne, domain
    source: wordnet30
  • the solid part of the earth's surface(noun.object)
    Example:
    The plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land.
    Synonym:
    dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma
    source: wordnet30
  • the territory occupied by a nation(noun.location)
    Example:
    He returned to the land of his birth.
    Synonym:
    country, state
    source: wordnet30
  • a domain in which something is dominant(noun.state)
    Example:
    A land of make-believe.
    Synonym:
    kingdom, realm
    source: wordnet30
  • extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use(noun.possession)
    Example:
    The family owned a large estate on Long Island.
    Synonym:
    acres, demesne, estate, landed estate
    source: wordnet30
  • the people who live in a nation or country(noun.group)
    Synonym:
    country, nation
    source: wordnet30
  • a politically organized body of people under a single government(noun.group)
    Example:
    An industrialized land.
    Synonym:
    body politic, commonwealth, country, nation, res publica, state
    source: wordnet30
  • United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    din land, edwin herbert land
    source: wordnet30
  • agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life(noun.act)
    Example:
    There's no work on the land any more.
    Synonym:
    farming
    source: wordnet30
  • Urine. See Lant.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • reach or come to rest(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The bird landed on the highest branch.
    The plane landed in Istanbul.
    Synonym:
    set down
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to come to the ground(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The pilot managed to land the airplane safely.
    Synonym:
    bring down, put down
    source: wordnet30
  • bring into a different state(verb.change)
    Example:
    This may land you in jail.
    Synonym:
    bring
    source: wordnet30
  • bring ashore(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island.
    source: wordnet30
  • deliver (a blow)(verb.possession)
    Example:
    He landed several blows on his opponent's head.
    source: wordnet30
  • arrive on shore(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The ship landed in Pearl Harbor.
    Synonym:
    set ashore, shore
    source: wordnet30
  • shoot at and force to come down(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The enemy landed several of our aircraft.
    Synonym:
    down, shoot down
    source: wordnet30
  • To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft; to disembark; to debark.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to come to the end of a course.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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