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land Definition

land (land)

noun

  1. the solid part of the earth's surface not covered by water
  2. a specific part of the earth's surface
    1. a country, region, etc. a distant land, one's native land
    2. the inhabitants of such an area; nation's people
  4. ground or soil in terms of its quality, location, etc. rich land, high land
    1. ground considered as property; estate to invest in land
    2. specific holdings in land
  6. rural or farming regions as distinguished from urban regions to return to the land
  7. that part of a grooved surface which is not indented, as any of the ridges between the grooves in the bore of a rifle
  8. ☆ the Lord: a euphemism for land's sake!
  9. Econ. natural resources

Etymology: ME < OE, akin to OHG lant < IE base *lendh-, unoccupied land, heath, steppe > Bret lann, heath (> Fr lande, moor), Welsh llan, enclosure, yard

transitive verb

  1. to put on shore from a ship or boat
  2. to bring into; cause to enter or end up in a particular place or condition a fight landed him in jail
  3. to set (an aircraft) down on land or water
  4. to draw successfully onto land or into a boat; catch to land a fish
  5. Informal to get, win, or secure to land a job
  6. Informal to deliver (a blow)

Etymology: ME landen < the n., replacing OE lendan < *landjan

intransitive verb

  1. to leave a ship or boat and go on shore; disembark
  2. to come to a port or to shore: said of a ship
  3. to arrive at a specified place; end up
  4. to alight or come to rest, as after a flight, jump, or fall

land Idioms

land on

☆ Informal to scold or criticize severely

Land Definition

Land (land)

Land, Edwin Herbert 1909-91; U.S. physicist, inventor, & industrialist

land Synonyms

land

n.

  1. The solid surface of the earth

    ground, soil, dirt, earth, clay, loam, leaf mold, glebe, marl, gravel, subsoil, clod, sand, rock, mineral, metal, pebble, stone, dry land, terra firma, valley, desert, tableland, hill, bank, seaboard, seaside, shore, beach, strand, crag, cliff, boulder, ledge, peninsula, delta, promontory, neck, tongue; see also earth 2, mountain 1, plain.

    Antonyms sea*, stream*, ocean. *

  2. Land as property

    estate, tract, real estate; see area 2, property 2.

  3. Land as an agent of production

    ranch, quarry, field; see farm.

  4. A country

    homeland, realm, state; see country 3, home 2, nation 1.

land Synonyms

land

v.

  1. To bring a boat to shore

    dock, set on shore, set down, bring in, come to land, beach, pilot, steer, bring into her slip, drop anchor, cast anchor, put in, make land.

    Antonyms board, weigh anchor, cast off.

  2. To come into port

    dock, berth, come to berth; see arrive 1.

  3. To go ashore

    disembark, debark, come ashore, invade, arrive, alight, leave the boat, light on, leave the ship, go down the gangplank, hit the beach*, lift anchor and pack gear*; see also descend 1.

    Antonyms leave*, go on shipboard, embark. *

  4. To bring an airplane to earth

    touch down, get down, ground, take down, arrive, alight, get into the field, come in, bring in the ship, settle, land into the wind, level off, flatten out, come down, descend upon, make a forced landing, set it on the deck*, balloon in*, bounce in*, crash-land*, up-wind*, fishtail down*, nose over*, overshoot*, splash down*, check in*, undershoot*, pancake*; see also arrive 1.

land Law Definition

n

  1. Real property.
  2. An area of ground with defined boundaries, including minerals or resources below the surface and anything growing on or attached to the surface.

land Usage Examples

Object

aristocracy: It was ruled by a bloc of two classes: the landed aristocracy and the industrial bourgeoisie.

Converse of object

  • cultivate: My job was mainly plowing and cultivating the good land preparing for the grain harvest.
  • acquire: From 1 April, 1998, unregistered land acquired by gift or by will has had to be registered.
  • occupy: This can be achieved by the use of detention tanks within the site but these can again be costly and may occupy valuable land.

Adjective modifier

  • contaminated: It removed contaminated land from the former gas works site.
  • arable: The majority occur in arable land with some in coastal grazing marsh.
  • agricultural: Even more valuable agricultural land is at risk of being lost to quarrying here.
  • promised: Keegan's signings aren't the international stars to guide us into the promised land.
  • derelict: The new scheme to transform derelict land on the banks of the River Clyde has outline planning permission from Glasgow City Council.
  • fertile: The fertile lands of Cromar are in the center of Mar, on the left bank of the River Dee.

Modifies a noun

  • reform: In the context of land reform in South Africa, their success is bucking a trend.
  • ownership: Virtually every change in land ownership around the town involved them in some way or other.

Noun used with modifier

  • brownfield: Housing development - Within the Local Plan 60 % of allocated housing sites is on brownfield land.
  • grazing: However, the majority of mares in the contact group were grazing land where grass sickness had not occurred for many years.
  • pasture: Details: Freehold pasture land for sale in Crowhurst, Surrey.
  • demesne: The Act provides a procedure for the voluntary registration of demesne land.
  • greenbelt: We don't need to build on greenbelt land.

Possessives

no-man: The first were directed by police to climb up a slope out of the no-man's land to the border control point.

Preposition: of

Pharaoh: Visit the Cairo Museum to marvel at the legendary treasures of Tutankhamen, ancient artifacts and other masterpieces from the Land of the Pharaohs.

Preposition: with

thud: She slips off the seat backward and lands with a thud on the ground.