land

noun

  1. 1

    agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life

    farming is a strenuous life

    there's no work on the land any more

  2. 2

    United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)

    farming is a strenuous life

    there's no work on the land any more

  3. 3

    the people who live in a nation or country

    a statement that sums up the nation's mood

    the news was announced to the nation

  4. 4

    a politically organized body of people under a single government

    the state has elected a new president

    African nations

  5. 5

    the territory occupied by a nation

    he returned to the land of his birth

    he visited several European countries

  6. 6

    territory over which rule or control is exercised

    his domain extended into Europe

    he made it the law of the land

  7. 7

    the solid part of the earth's surface

    the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land

    the earth shook for several minutes

  8. 8

    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

    good agricultural soil

  9. 9

    extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

    the family owned a large estate on Long Island

  10. 10

    the land on which real estate is located

    he built the house on land leased from the city

  11. 11

    a domain in which something is dominant

    the untroubled kingdom of reason

    a land of make-believe

verb

  1. 1

    bring into a different state

    this may land you in jail

  2. 2

    reach or come to rest

    The bird landed on the highest branch

    The plane landed in Istanbul

Synonyms

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