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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



... freight-car's truss, our portion of cast-off clothes, And the big wide world is ours—a title made good by right— By mankind's deed to the nomad breed with the taint of the Ishmaelite. Some from the wastes of the sage-brush, some from the orange land, Some from God's own country, dusty and tattered and tanned. Why are we? It's idle to tell you—you'd never understand. To and fro We come and go. Old Father ...
— The Landloper - The Romance Of A Man On Foot • Holman Day
... travel had not been seriously interrupted, though business was largely at a standstill, and there was an ominous quiet over the land. The opposition misinterpreted this, and thought that the people had been frightened by the unexpected show of force. Philip knew differently, and he also knew that civil war had begun. He communicated his plans to no one, but he had the ...
— Philip Dru: Administrator • Edward Mandell House
... to the coast was an easy one, as the sick were all transported on litters, carried by native porters. The bracing air of the high land did much to restore the strength of the sick men, who had been suffering much from the terrible heat of the valley. The officer in command of the convoy halted them for a week on the Tlascalan plateau, in order that they might get the full benefit of the ...
— By Right of Conquest - Or, With Cortez in Mexico • G. A. Henty
... Scotland! dear as life to me Are thy majestic hills; And sweet as purest melody The music of thy rills. The wildest cairn, the darkest dell, Within thy rocky strand, Possess o'er me a living spell— Thou art my native land. ...
— The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volumes I-VI. - The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century • Various
... Preface The Land Between Love's Mirage The Need of the World The Gulf Stream Remembered Helen of Troy Lais when Young Lais when Old Existence Holiday Songs Astrolabius Completion Sleep's Treachery Art versus Cupid The Revolt of Vashti The Choosing of ...
— Poems of Progress • Ella Wheeler Wilcox


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