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Land

noun
1.
The land on which real estate is located.
2.
Material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use).  Synonyms: ground, soil.  "Good agricultural soil"
3.
Territory over which rule or control is exercised.  Synonyms: demesne, domain.  "He made it the law of the land"
4.
The solid part of the earth's surface.  Synonyms: dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma.  "The earth shook for several minutes" , "He dropped the logs on the ground"
5.
The territory occupied by a nation.  Synonyms: country, state.  "He visited several European countries"
6.
A domain in which something is dominant.  Synonyms: kingdom, realm.  "A land of make-believe" , "The rise of the realm of cotton in the south"
7.
Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use.  Synonyms: acres, demesne, estate, landed estate.
8.
The people who live in a nation or country.  Synonyms: country, nation.  "The news was announced to the nation" , "The whole country worshipped him"
9.
A politically organized body of people under a single government.  Synonyms: body politic, commonwealth, country, nation, res publica, state.  "African nations" , "Students who had come to the nation's capitol" , "The country's largest manufacturer" , "An industrialized land"
10.
United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991).  Synonyms: Din Land, Edwin Herbert Land.
11.
Agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life.  Synonym: farming.  "There's no work on the land any more"
verb
(past & past part. landed; pres. part. landing)
1.
Reach or come to rest.  Synonym: set down.  "The plane landed in Istanbul"
2.
Cause to come to the ground.  Synonyms: bring down, put down.
3.
Bring into a different state.  Synonym: bring.
4.
Bring ashore.
5.
Deliver (a blow).
6.
Arrive on shore.  Synonyms: set ashore, shore.
7.
Shoot at and force to come down.  Synonyms: down, shoot down.



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"Land" Quotes from Famous Books



... see the pack lead off in the climax of the chase, and himself held up behind. But he rode and wrathed and still rode, up to where the canyon dwindled—rough land and a hard ride. As we neared the great flat mountain, the feeble cry of the pack was heard again from the south, then toward the high Butte's side, and just a trifle louder now. We reined in on a hillock and scanned the snow. A moving ...
— Animal Heroes • Ernest Thompson Seton
... most expressive of his views; and he engaged in the new project with all his accustomed ardour. But he had few scholars, and the success by no means answered his hopes. Nevertheless, so well had his ideas been received that similar institutions sprang up all over the land, and the most prominent writers and thinkers openly advocated the plan. Basedow, unfortunately, was little calculated by nature or habit to succeed in an employment which required the greatest regularity, patience and attention; ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 - "Banks" to "Bassoon" • Various
... mind in a simple, humble, healthful condition, but will speedily discern in the multiform, self-reflecting, self-admiring emotions, which, like locusts, are ready to "eat up every green thing in his land," a state as much opposed to simplicity and humility as night ...
— Daily Strength for Daily Needs • Mary W. Tileston
... separated each of these movements. The land seemed to lie dead .... Then the old shepherd returned stiffly across the field. Stiffly and painfully the frozen earth was trodden under and gave beneath pressure like a treadmill. The worn voices of clocks repeated the fact of the hour all ...
— Jacob's Room • Virginia Woolf
... land there," Harry said. "There are trees near the water and bushes farther up. We will make a camp there. There is no saying how far we may have to go before we get another opportunity. We have done with the Utes for good, and can get ...
— In The Heart Of The Rockies • G. A. Henty


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