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land
1[ land ]
noun
- any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
Land was sighted from the crow's nest.
- an area of ground with reference to its nature or composition:
arable land.
- an area of ground with specific boundaries:
to buy land on which to build a house.
- rural or farming areas, as contrasted with urban areas:
They left the land for the city.
- Law.
- any part of the earth's surface that can be owned as property, and everything annexed to it, whether by nature or by the human hand.
- any legal interest held in land.
- Economics. natural resources as a factor of production.
- a part of the surface of the earth marked off by natural or political boundaries or the like; a region or country:
They came from many lands.
- the people of a region or country
- Audio. the flat surface between the grooves of a phonograph record.
- a realm or domain:
the land of the living.
- a surface between furrows, as on a millstone or on the interior of a rifle barrel.
- Scot. a tenement house.
verb (used with object)
- to bring to or set on land:
to land passengers or goods from a ship; to land an airplane.
- to bring into or cause to arrive in a particular place, position, or condition:
His behavior will land him in jail.
- Informal. to catch or capture; gain; win:
to land a job.
- Angling. to bring (a fish) to land, or into a boat, etc., as with a hook or a net.
verb (used without object)
- to come to land or shore:
The boat lands at Cherbourg.
- to go or come ashore from a ship or boat.
- to alight upon a surface, as the ground, a body of water, or the like:
to land on both feet.
- to hit or strike the ground, as from a height:
The ball landed at the far side of the court.
- to strike and come to rest on a surface or in something:
The golf ball landed in the lake.
- to come to rest or arrive in a particular place, position, or condition (sometimes followed by up ):
to land in trouble; to land up 40 miles from home.
verb phrase
- Informal. to reprimand; criticize:
His mother landed on him for coming home so late.
Land
2[ land ]
noun
- Edwin Herbert, 1909–91, U.S. inventor and businessman: created the Polaroid camera.
-land
3- a combining form of land:
hinterland; lowland.
land
1/ lænd /
noun
- the solid part of the surface of the earth as distinct from seas, lakes, etc terrestrial
- ground, esp with reference to its use, quality, etc
- ( in combination )
land-grabber
- rural or agricultural areas as contrasted with urban ones
- farming as an occupation or way of life
- law
- any tract of ground capable of being owned as property, together with any buildings on it, extending above and below the surface
- any hereditament, tenement, or other interest; realty
- a country, region, or area
- the people of a country, etc
- a realm, sphere, or domain
- economics the factor of production consisting of all natural resources
- the unindented part of a grooved surface, esp one of the ridges inside a rifle bore
- how the land liesthe prevailing conditions or state of affairs
verb
- to transfer (something) or go from a ship or boat to the shore
land the cargo
- intr to come to or touch shore
- to come down or bring (something) down to earth after a flight or jump
- to come or bring to some point, condition, or state
- tr angling to retrieve (a hooked fish) from the water
- informal.tr to win or obtain
to land a job
- informal.tr to deliver (a blow)
Land
2/ lænd /
noun
- LandEdwin Herbert19091991MUSTECHNOLOGY: inventor Edwin Herbert. 1909–91, US inventor of the Polaroid Land camera
Land
3/ lant /
noun
- any of the federal states of Germany
- any of the provinces of Austria
Derived Forms
- ˈlandless, adjective
- ˈlandlessness, noun
Other Words From
- landlike adjective
- re·land verb
- under·land noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of land1
Idioms and Phrases
- land / fall on one's feet, feet ( def 3 ).
- see how the land lies, to investigate in advance; inform oneself of the facts of a situation before acting: Compare lay of the land.
You should see how the land lies before making a formal proposal.
More idioms and phrases containing land
- cloud-cuckoo land
- fall (land) on one's feet
- fat of the land
- la-la land
- lay of the land
- never-never land
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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