- The definition of land is the part of the surface of the Earth that is solid ground and not water.
- An example of land is the area where you are standing on the ground right now.
- An example of land is the plot that your house is located on.
- Land is defined as to bring something back to earth or to shore, or to achieve something or get something.
- An example of land is when you dock a boat on the shore.
- An example of land is when you bring a plane successfully from the air to the runway.
- An example of land is when you get a job you have been trying for.
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noun
- the solid part of the earth's surface not covered by water
- a specific part of the earth's surface
- a country, region, etc.: a distant land, one's native land
- the inhabitants of such an area; nation's people
- ground or soil in terms of its quality, location, etc.: rich land, high land
- ground considered as property; estate: to invest in land
- specific holdings in land
- rural or farming regions as distinguished from urban regions: to return to the land
- that part of a grooved surface which is not indented, as any of the ridges between the grooves in the bore of a rifle
- ☆ the Lord: a euphemism: for land's sake!
- Econ. natural resources
Origin: Middle English from OE, akin to Old High German lant from Indo-European base an unverified form lendh-, unoccupied land, heath, steppe from source Breton lann, heath (from source French lande, moor), Welsh llan, enclosure, yard
transitive verb
- to put on shore from a ship or boat
- to bring into; cause to enter or end up in a particular place or condition: a fight landed him in jail
- to set (an aircraft) down on land or water
- to draw successfully onto land or into a boat; catch: to land a fish
- Informal to get, win, or secure: to land a job
- Informal to deliver (a blow)
Origin: ME landen < the n., replacing OE lendan < *landjan
intransitive verb
- to leave a ship or boat and go on shore; disembark
- to come to a port or to shore: said of a ship
- to arrive at a specified place; end up
- to alight or come to rest, as after a flight, jump, or fall
Land,
Edwin Herbert 1909-91; U.S. physicist, inventor, & industrialist
- a kind or quality of land: grassland, highland
- a particular place or realm: England, dreamland
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noun
- The solid ground of the earth.
- a. Ground or soil: tilled the land.b. A topographically or functionally distinct tract: desert land; prime building land.
- a. A nation; a country.b. The people of a nation, district, or region.c. lands Territorial possessions or property.
- Public or private landed property; real estate.
- Law a. A tract that may be owned, together with everything growing or constructed on it.b. A landed estate.
- a. An agricultural or farming area: wanted to buy a house on the land.b. Farming considered as a way of life: “The ‘back to the land movement’ began a couple years ago at the peak of South Korea's economic development and has roots in environmentalism and Buddhist philosophy.” (Michael Baker).
- An area or realm: the land of make-believe; the land of television.
- The raised portion of a grooved surface, as on a phonograph record.
- a. To bring to and unload on land: land cargo.b. To set (a vehicle) down on land or another surface: land an airplane smoothly; land a seaplane on a lake.
- Informal To cause to arrive in a place or condition: Civil disobedience will land you in jail.
- a. To catch and pull in (a fish): landed a big catfish.b. Informal To win; secure: land a big contract.
- Informal To deliver: landed a blow on his opponent's head.
- a. To come to shore: landed against the current with great difficulty.b. To disembark: landed at a crowded dock.
- To descend toward and settle onto the ground or another surface: The helicopter has landed.
- Informal To arrive in a place or condition: landed at the theater too late for the opening curtain; landed in trouble for being late.
- To come to rest in a certain way or place: slipped and landed on his shoulder.
Origin: Middle English, from Old English; see lendh- in Indo-European roots.
, Edwin Herbert 1909-1991.
American inventor who developed (1932) the light-polarizing plastic film called Polaroid and incorporated it into lenses for cameras and sunglasses. He also invented the one-step photographic process (1947).
land - Ologies & -Isms Definition
absenteeism
the practice of extensive or permanent absence from their property by owners. —absentee, n.
alodialism, allodialism
the llth-century Anglo-Saxon estate system in which absolute possession was invested in the holder. —alodialist, allodialist, alodiary, allodiary, n.
burgage
British, Obsolete, a form of land tenure under which land was held in return for payment of a fixed sum of money in rent or for rendering of service. Also called socage.
cadastration
surveying for the purpose of showing boundary and property lines.
chorometry
the science of land surveying.
dummyism
the practice of purchasing land for another person who is not legally entitled to do so.
easement
the right one landowner has been granted over the land of another, as the right of access to water, right of way, etc., at no charge.
embadometry
Obsolete, the science of surveying.
feudalism
a European system flourishing between 800-1400 based upon fixed relations of lord to vassal and all lands held in fee (as from the king), and requiring of vassal-tenants homage and service. Also feudality. — feudal, feudalistic, adj.
fiefdom
Medieval History. the land over which a person exercises control after vows of vassalage and service to an overlord. See feudalism.
gromatics
the science of surveying. —gromatic, adj.
photogrammetry
the use of photography for surveying or map-making.
phototopography
surveying or map-making by means of photography. —phototopographic, phototopographical, adj.
socage
burgage.
stadia
a system of surveying in which distances are measured by reading intervals on a graduated rod intercepted by two parallel cross hairs in the telescope of a surveying instrument. —stadia, adj.
theodolite
a surveying instrument for measuring vertical and horizontal angles. —theodolitic, adj.
land - Business Definition
- Real estate, including all that is above and below the surface.
- A firm's dollar investment in real estate.
land - Computer Definition
A non-indented area on an optical medium such as a CD-ROM or DVD disc. Contrast with pit.
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land - Investment & Finance Definition
A firm's dollar investment in real estate.
land - Legal Definition
n
- Real property.
- An area of ground with defined boundaries, including minerals or resources below the surface and anything growing on or attached to the surface.
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land - Phrases/Idioms
In addition to the idioms beginning with land, also see cloud-cuckoo land; fall (land) on one's feet; fat of the land; la-la land; lay of the land; never-never land.
land on
â Informal to scold or criticize severely
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