Land - Definition

n 1: the land on which real estate is located; "he built the
house on land leased from the city"
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); "the land had never been plowed"; "good
agricultural soil" [syn: land, ground, soil]
3: territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his
domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the
land" [syn: domain, demesne, land]
4: the solid part of the earth's surface; "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" [syn:
land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra
firma]
5: the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land
of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" [syn:
country, state, land]
6: a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled
kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of
the realm of cotton in the south" [syn: kingdom, land,
realm]
7: extensive landed property (especially in the country)
retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a
large estate on Long Island" [syn: estate, land, landed
estate, acres, demesne]
8: 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" [syn: nation,
land, country]
9: 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" [syn: state, nation, country, land,
commonwealth, res publica, body politic]
10: United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into
lenses and invented the one step photographic process
(1909-1991) [syn: Land, Din Land, Edwin Herbert Land]
11: agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life;
"farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land
any more" [syn: farming, land]
v 1: reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest
branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul" [syn: land, set
down]
2: cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the
airplane safely" [syn: land, put down, bring down]
3: bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"
[syn: bring, land]
4: bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the
beach of the island"
5: deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's
head"
6: arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor" [syn:
land, set ashore, shore]
7: shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of
our aircraft" [syn: down, shoot down, land]