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Quick definitions from WordNet (land)
▸ noun: the solid part of the earth's surface ("The plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land")
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one-step photographic process (1909-1991)
▸ noun: the land on which real estate is located ("He built the house on land leased from the city")
▸ noun: working the land as an occupation or way of life ("There's no work on the land any more")
▸ noun: the people who live in a nation or country
▸ noun: extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use ("The family owned a large estate on Long Island")
▸ noun: a domain in which something is dominant ("A land of make-believe")
▸ noun: the territory occupied by a nation ("He returned to the land of his birth")
▸ noun: territory over which rule or control is exercised ("He made it the law of the land")
▸ noun: a politically organized body of people under a single government ("An industrialized land")
▸ verb: bring ashore ("The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island")
▸ verb: deliver (a blow) ("He landed several blows on his opponent's head")
▸ verb: reach or come to rest ("The bird landed on the highest branch")
▸ verb: cause to come to the ground ("The pilot managed to land the airplane safely")
▸ verb: arrive on shore ("The ship landed in Pearl Harbor")
▸ verb: bring into a different state ("This may land you in jail")
▸ verb: shoot at and force to come down ("The enemy landed several of our aircraft")
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 11111 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #1358)
▸ Also see lands
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to land
▸ Usage examples for land
▸ Idioms related to land (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing land
▸ Words that often appear near land
▸ Rhymes of land
▸ Invented words related to land
▸ noun: the solid part of the earth's surface ("The plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land")
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one-step photographic process (1909-1991)
▸ noun: the land on which real estate is located ("He built the house on land leased from the city")
▸ noun: working the land as an occupation or way of life ("There's no work on the land any more")
▸ noun: the people who live in a nation or country
▸ noun: extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use ("The family owned a large estate on Long Island")
▸ noun: a domain in which something is dominant ("A land of make-believe")
▸ noun: the territory occupied by a nation ("He returned to the land of his birth")
▸ noun: territory over which rule or control is exercised ("He made it the law of the land")
▸ noun: a politically organized body of people under a single government ("An industrialized land")
▸ verb: bring ashore ("The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island")
▸ verb: deliver (a blow) ("He landed several blows on his opponent's head")
▸ verb: reach or come to rest ("The bird landed on the highest branch")
▸ verb: cause to come to the ground ("The pilot managed to land the airplane safely")
▸ verb: arrive on shore ("The ship landed in Pearl Harbor")
▸ verb: bring into a different state ("This may land you in jail")
▸ verb: shoot at and force to come down ("The enemy landed several of our aircraft")
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 11111 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #1358)
▸ Also see lands
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to land
▸ Usage examples for land
▸ Idioms related to land (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing land
▸ Words that often appear near land
▸ Rhymes of land
▸ Invented words related to land