land

Meanings

• the land on which real estate is located
  • "he built the house on land leased from the city"
• 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"
• territory over which rule or control is exercised
  • "he made it the law of the land"
• the solid part of the earth's surface
  • "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"
• the territory occupied by a nation
  • "he returned to the land of his birth"
• a domain in which something is dominant
  • "a land of make-believe"
• extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
  • "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"
• the people who live in a nation or country
• a politically organized body of people under a single government
  • "an industrialized land"
• United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)
• agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
  • "there's no work on the land any more"
• reach or come to rest
  • "The bird landed on the highest branch"
  • "The plane landed in Istanbul"
• cause to come to the ground
  • "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
• bring into a different state
  • "this may land you in jail"
• bring ashore
  • "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"
• deliver (a blow)
  • "He landed several blows on his opponent's head"
• arrive on shore
  • "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"
• shoot at and force to come down
  • "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"

Synonyms

acres, body politic, bring, bring down, commonwealth, country, demesne, Din Land, domain, down, dry land, earth, Edwin Herbert Land, estate, farming, ground, kingdom, landed estate, nation, put down, realm, res publica, set ashore, set down, shoot down, shore, soil, solid ground, state, terra firma