English to English
land
(l/&/nd
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noun (n)
- the land on which real estate is located(noun.possession)Example:
He built the house on land leased from the city.
source: wordnet30 - the solid part of the earth's surface(noun.object)Example:
The plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land.
source: wordnet30 - extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use(noun.possession)Example:
The family owned a large estate on Long Island.
source: wordnet30 - a politically organized body of people under a single government(noun.group)Example:
An industrialized land.
source: wordnet30 - United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life(noun.act)Example:
There's no work on the land any more.
source: wordnet30 - Urine. See Lant.(noun)source: webster1913
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- reach or come to rest(verb.motion)Example:
The bird landed on the highest branch.
The plane landed in Istanbul.
source: wordnet30 - cause to come to the ground(verb.motion)Example:
The pilot managed to land the airplane safely.
source: wordnet30 - bring into a different state(verb.change)Example:
This may land you in jail.
source: wordnet30 - bring ashore(verb.motion)Example:
The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island.
source: wordnet30 - deliver (a blow)(verb.possession)Example:
He landed several blows on his opponent's head.
source: wordnet30 - arrive on shore(verb.motion)Example:
The ship landed in Pearl Harbor.
source: wordnet30 - shoot at and force to come down(verb.motion)Example:
The enemy landed several of our aircraft.
source: wordnet30 - To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft; to disembark; to debark.(verb)source: webster1913
- To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to come to the end of a course.(verb)source: webster1913