LAND
\lˈand], \lˈand], \l_ˈa_n_d]\
Definitions of LAND
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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"; "the whole country worshipped him"
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a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
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territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"
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United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one-step photographic process (1909-1991)
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working the land as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"
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reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"
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relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land; "land vehicles"
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the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
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the land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city"
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shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
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bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"
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deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's head"
By Princeton University
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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"; "the whole country worshipped him"
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a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
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territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"
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United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one-step photographic process (1909-1991)
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working the land as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"
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deliver, as of a blow; "He landed several blows on his opponent's head"
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reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"
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relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land; "land vehicles"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Any portion, large or small, of the surface of the earth, considered by itself, or as belonging to an individual or a people, as a country, estate, farm, or tract.
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Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; as, wet land; good or bad land.
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The inhabitants of a nation or people.
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The mainland, in distinction from islands.
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The ground or floor.
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The ground left unplowed between furrows; any one of several portions into which a field is divided for convenience in plowing.
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Any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever, as meadows, pastures, woods, etc., and everything annexed to it, whether by nature, as trees, water, etc., or by the hand of man, as buildings, fences, etc.; real estate.
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In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level part of a millstone between the furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun between the grooves.
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To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft; to disembark; to debark.
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To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish.
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To set down after conveying; to cause to fall, alight, or reach; to bring to the end of a course; as, he landed the quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and landed in the mud; to land one in difficulties or mistakes.
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To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to come to the end of a course.
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The solid part of the surface of the earth; - opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage.
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The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; - called also landing.
By Oddity Software
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Any portion, large or small, of the surface of the earth, considered by itself, or as belonging to an individual or a people, as a country, estate, farm, or tract.
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Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; as, wet land; good or bad land.
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The inhabitants of a nation or people.
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The mainland, in distinction from islands.
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The ground or floor.
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The ground left unplowed between furrows; any one of several portions into which a field is divided for convenience in plowing.
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Any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever, as meadows, pastures, woods, etc., and everything annexed to it, whether by nature, as trees, water, etc., or by the hand of man, as buildings, fences, etc.; real estate.
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In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level part of a millstone between the furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun between the grooves.
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To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft; to disembark; to debark.
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To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish.
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To set down after conveying; to cause to fall, alight, or reach; to bring to the end of a course; as, he landed the quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and landed in the mud; to land one in difficulties or mistakes.
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To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to come to the end of a course.
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The solid part of the surface of the earth; - opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage.
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The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; - called also landing.
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Urine. See Lant.
By Noah Webster.
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The solid portion of the surface of the globe; a country or district; ground or soil, with reference to its use; as, farm-land; real estate.
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To set on shore; as, to land passengers from a ship; capture and bring to shore; as, to land a flsh; win; as, to land a prize; put down after carrying; as, the train landed him at his destination.
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To come or go on shore; to arrive at a dock, as a vessel; disembark; get down from, out of, or off from.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Earth, the solid portion of the surface of the globe: a country: a district: soil: real estate: a nation or people.
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To set on land or on shore.
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To come on land or on shore.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To bring to the land; debark; go or come ashore.
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The solid surface of the earth; a continent; ground or soil; real estate.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] Earth, or the solid matter which constitutes the fixed part of the surface of the globe;— any portion of the solid surface of Lancet-window, the globe, considered as set apart or belonging to an individual or a people;— ground; soil, or the earth in respect to its nature or quality;— the inhabitants of a country or region;— the main land in distinction from an adjacent island;— the ground or floor;— any earth whatsoever; real estate.