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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
  3. 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
  4. rural or farming regions as distinguished from urban regions to return to the land
  5. that part of a grooved surface which is not indented, as any of the ridges between the grooves in the bore of a rifle
  6. ☆ the Lord: a euphemism for land's sake!
  7. 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

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