lands

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    n.

  • 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); ground, soil

    the land had never been plowed

    good agricultural soil

  • the solid part of the earth's surface; dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma

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

    the earth shook for several minutes

    he dropped the logs on the ground

  • territory over which rule or control is exercised; domain, demesne

    his domain extended into Europe

    he made it the law of the land

  • the territory occupied by a nation; country, state

    he returned to the land of his birth

    he visited several European countries

  • a domain in which something is dominant; kingdom, realm

    the untroubled kingdom of reason

    a land of make-believe

    the rise of the realm of cotton in the south

  • extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; estate, landed estate, acres, demesne

    the family owned a large estate on Long Island

  • the people who live in a nation or country; nation, country

    a statement that sums up the nation's mood

    the news was announced to the nation

    the whole country worshipped him

  • a politically organized body of people under a single government; state, nation, country, commonwealth, res publica, body politic

    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

  • United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one-step photographic process (1909-1991); Land, Din Land, Edwin Herbert Land
  • agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; farming

    farming is a strenuous life

    there's no work on the land any more

    v.

  • reach or come to rest; set down

    The bird landed on the highest branch

    The plane landed in Istanbul

  • cause to come to the ground; put down, bring down

    the pilot managed to land the airplane safely

  • bring into a different state; bring

    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; set ashore, shore

    The ship landed in Pearl Harbor

  • shoot at and force to come down; down, shoot down

    the enemy landed several of our aircraft

    adj.

  • relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land; land(a)

    land vehicles

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

lands|landed|landing
syn.: alight arrive descend earth ground shore sod soil surface touch down
ant.: sea sky