land
adjective
1. Of or relating to land.
2. Residing or growing on land.
noun
1. the land on which real estate is located
- he built the house on land leased from the city
Definition categories: possession, immovable, realty
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
Definition categories: object
3. territory over which rule or control is exercised
- he made it the law of the land
Similar word(s): demesne, domain
Definition categories: location, region
4. the solid part of the earth's surface
- the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land
Similar word(s): earth, ground
Definition categories: object
5. the territory occupied by a nation
- he returned to the land of his birth
Similar word(s): country, state
Definition categories: location
6. a domain in which something is dominant
- a land of make-believe
Similar word(s): kingdom, realm
Definition categories: state, area, arena, domain, field, orbit, sphere
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
Similar word(s): acres, demesne, estate
Definition categories: possession, immovable, realty
8. the people who live in a nation or country
Similar word(s): country, nation
Definition categories: group, people
9. a politically organized body of people under a single government
- an industrialized land
Similar word(s): commonwealth, country, nation, state
Definition categories: group
10. agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
- there's no work on the land any more
Similar word(s): farming
Definition categories: act, business, job, line, occupation
Sentences with land as a noun:
- Most insects live on land.
- There are 50 acres of land in this estate.
- They come from a faraway land.
- wet land; good or bad land for growing potatoes
- I'm going to Disneyland.
- Maybe that's how it works in TV-land, but not in the real world.
- He got an awful land when the police arrived.
- Our city offices sell a lot more land than our suburban offices.
verb
1. reach or come to rest
- The bird landed on the highest branch
- The plane landed in Istanbul
Definition categories: motion, arrive, come, get
2. cause to come to the ground
- the pilot managed to land the airplane safely
Definition categories: motion, arrive, come, get
3. bring into a different state
- this may land you in jail
Similar word(s): bring
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
4. bring ashore
- The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island
Definition categories: motion, bring, convey, take
5. deliver (a blow)
- He landed several blows on his opponent's head
Definition categories: possession, deliver
6. arrive on shore
- The ship landed in Pearl Harbor
Similar word(s): shore
Definition categories: motion, arrive, come, get
7. shoot at and force to come down
- the enemy landed several of our aircraft
Similar word(s): down
Definition categories: motion
Sentences with land as a verb:
- The plane is about to land.
- It can be tricky to land a helicopter.Use the net to land the fish.