1.  land(n = noun.possession) - the land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city"
is a kind of immovable, real estate, real property, realty
has particulars: farmstead, homestead, no man's land

2.  land(n = noun.object) ground, soil - 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"
is a kind of object, physical object
has particulars: badlands, bottom, bottomland, coastland, cultivated land, farmland, ploughland, plowland, tillage, tilled land, tilth, overburden, permafrost, polder, rangeland, scablands, greensward, sod, sward, turf, wetland

3.  land(n = noun.location) demesne, domain - territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"
is a kind of region
is a part of country, land, state
has particulars: archduchy, barony, duchy, dukedom, earldom, emirate, empire, imperium, fiefdom, grand duchy, viscounty, khanate, kingdom, realm, princedom, principality, sheikdom, sheikhdom, suzerainty

4.  land(n = noun.object) dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma - 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"
is a kind of object, physical object
is a part of earth, globe, world
has particulars: archipelago, beachfront, cape, ness, coastal plain, floor, foreland, forest, timber, timberland, woodland, island, isthmus, land mass, landmass, mainland, neck, oxbow, peninsula, champaign, field, plain, slash, wonderland
Derived forms verb land₁, verb land₂, verb land₇, verb land₆, verb land₄

5.  land(n = noun.location) country, state - the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
is a kind of administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
has parts: demesne, domain, land, midland
has particulars: banana republic, country of origin, fatherland, homeland, mother country, motherland, native land, buffer country, buffer state, kingdom, tax haven, european country, european nation, african country, african nation, asian country, asian nation, south american country, south american nation, north american country, north american nation, sultanate, antigua and barbuda, cape verde, republic of cape verde, ceylon, democratic socialist republic of sri lanka, sri lanka, comoros, federal islamic republic of the comoros, cuba, republic of cuba, haiti, republic of haiti, dominican republic, jamaica, barbados, republic of trinidad and tobago, trinidad and tobago, cyprus, republic of cyprus, commonwealth of dominica, dominica, east timor, fiji, republic of fiji, israel, sion, state of israel, yisrael, zion, etruria, australia, commonwealth of australia, federated states of micronesia, micronesia, tt, marshall islands, republic of the marshall islands, tuvalu, kiribati, republic of kiribati, nauru, republic of nauru, independent state of papua new guinea, papua new guinea, bahama islands, bahamas, commonwealth of the bahamas, burkina faso, upper volta, dutch east indies, indonesia, republic of indonesia, grenada, maldives, republic of maldives, malta, republic of malta, mauritius, republic of mauritius, new zealand, palau, republic of palau, tt, philippines, republic of the philippines, federation of saint kitts and nevis, saint christopher-nevis, saint kitts and nevis, st. christopher-nevis, st. kitts and nevis, saint lucia, st. lucia, saint vincent and the grenadines, st. vincent and the grenadines, independent state of samoa, samoa, samoa i sisifo, western samoa, democratic republic of sao tome and principe, sao thome e principe, sao tome and principe, sao tome e principe, st. thomas and principe, republic of seychelles, seychelles, solomon islands, rus, russia, soviet union, union of soviet socialist republics, ussr, russia, russian federation, ukraine, ukrayina, turkmen, turkmenia, turkmenistan, turkomen, friendly islands, kingdom of tonga, tonga, republic of turkey, turkey, new hebrides, republic of vanuatu, vanuatu

6.  land(n = noun.state) kingdom, realm - 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"
is a kind of area, arena, domain, field, orbit, sphere
has particulars: lotus land, lotusland

7.  land(n = noun.possession) acres, demesne, estate, landed estate - extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"
is a kind of immovable, real estate, real property, realty
has particulars: freehold, glebe, leasehold, smallholding, homestead, feoff, fief, barony, countryseat, crown land, manor, seigneury, seigniory, signory, hacienda, plantation, entail

8.  land(n = noun.group) country, nation - 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"
is a kind of people
has particulars: dutch, dutch people, british, british people, brits, english, english people, irish, irish people, french, french people, spanish, spanish people, swiss, swiss people

9.  land(n = noun.group) body politic, commonwealth, country, nation, res publica, state - 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"
is a kind of political entity, political unit
has parts: estate, estate of the realm, the three estates
has particulars: commonwealth country, developing country, dominion, foreign country, reich, renegade state, rogue nation, rogue state, suzerain, sea power, great power, major power, power, superpower, world power, city-state, city state, ally, eelam, tamil eelam

10.  land(n = noun.person) din land, edwin herbert land - United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991);
is a kind of industrialist, artificer, discoverer, inventor

11.  land(n = noun.act) farming - agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"
is a kind of business, job, line, line of work, occupation

1.  land(v = verb.motion) set down - reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"
is one way to arrive, come, get
Derived forms noun land₄, noun lander₂, noun landing₃
Sample sentences: The airplane is sure to land

2.  land(v = verb.motion) bring down, put down - cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
is one way to arrive, come, get
Derived forms noun land₄, noun landing₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP

3.  land(v = verb.change) bring - bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something

4.  land(v = verb.motion) - bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"
is one way to bring, convey, take
Derived forms noun land₄, noun landing₄
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

5.  land(v = verb.possession) - deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's head"
is one way to deliver, drive home
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something PP

6.  land(v = verb.motion) set ashore, shore - arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"
is one way to arrive, come, get
Derived forms noun land₄, noun landing₄
Sample sentences: Something ----s

7.  land(v = verb.motion) down, shoot down - shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
Derived form noun land₄
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

   Urine. See Lant. [1913 Webster]

1.  The solid part of the surface of the earth; -- opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage. [1913 Webster]
"They turn their heads to sea, their sterns to land." [1913 Webster]

2.  Any portion, large or small, of the surface of the earth, considered by itself, or as belonging to an individual or a people, as a country, estate, farm, or tract. [1913 Webster]
" In the expressions “to be, or dwell, upon land,” “to go, or fare, on land,” as used by Chaucer, land denotes the country as distinguished from the town." [1913 Webster]
"Go view the land, even Jericho." [1913 Webster]
"Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men decay." [1913 Webster]
"A poor parson dwelling upon land [i.e., in the country]." [1913 Webster]

3.  Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; as, wet land; good or bad land. [1913 Webster]

4.  The inhabitants of a nation or people. [1913 Webster]
"These answers, in the silent night received,
The king himself divulged, the land believed." [1913 Webster]

5.  The mainland, in distinction from islands. [1913 Webster]

6.  The ground or floor. [1913 Webster]
"Herself upon the land she did prostrate." [1913 Webster]

7.  The ground left unplowed between furrows; any one of several portions into which a field is divided for convenience in plowing. [1913 Webster]

8.  Any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever, as meadows, pastures, woods, etc., and everything annexed to it, whether by nature, as trees, water, etc., or by the hand of man, as buildings, fences, etc.; real estate. Kent. Bouvier. Burrill. [1913 Webster]

9.  The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also landing. Knight. [1913 Webster]

10.  In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level part of a millstone between the furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun between the grooves. [1913 Webster]

1.  To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft; to disembark; to debark. [1913 Webster]
"I 'll undertake to land them on our coast." [1913 Webster]

2.  To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish. [1913 Webster]

3.  To set down after conveying; to cause to fall, alight, or reach; to bring to the end of a course; as, he landed the quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and landed in the mud; to land one in difficulties or mistakes. [1913 Webster]

4.  To pilot (an airplane) from the air onto the land; as, to land the plane on a highway. [PJC]

1.  To come to the end of a course; to arrive at a destination, literally or figuratively; as, he landed in trouble; after hithchiking for a week, he landed in Los Angeles. [1913 Webster]

2.  To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark. [1913 Webster]

3.  To reach and come to rest on land after having been in the air; as, the arrow landed in a flower bed; the golf ball landed in a sand trap; our airplane landed in Washington. [PJC]

land, n. (pl. L{auml}nder)
1 a province of the Federal Republic of Germany.
2 a province of Austria.

Etymology:
G (as LAND)

land, n. & v.
--n.
1 the solid part of the earth's surface (opp. SEA, WATER, AIR).
2 a an expanse of country; ground; soil. b such land in relation to its use, quality, etc., or (often prec. by the) as a basis for agriculture (building land; this is good land; works on the land).
3 a country, nation, or State (land of hope and glory).
4 a landed property. b (in pl.) estates.
5 the space between the rifling-grooves in a gun.
6 Sc. a building containing several dwellings.
7 S.Afr. ground fenced off for tillage.
8 a strip of plough or pasture land parted from others by drain-furrows.
--v.
1 a tr. & intr. set or go ashore. b intr. (often foll. by at) disembark (landed at the harbour).
2 tr. bring (an aircraft, its passengers, etc.) to the ground or the surface of water.
3 intr. (of an aircraft, bird, parachutist, etc.) alight on the ground or water.
4 tr. bring (a fish) to land.
5 tr. & intr. (also refl.; often foll. by up) colloq. bring to, reach, or find oneself in a certain situation, place, or state (landed himself in jail; landed up in France; landed her in trouble; landed up penniless).
6 tr. colloq. a deal (a person etc.) a blow etc. (landed him one in the eye). b (foll. by with) present (a person) with (a problem, job, etc.).
7 tr. set down (a person, cargo, etc.) from a vehicle, ship, etc.
8 tr. colloq. win or obtain (a prize, job, etc.) esp. against strong competition.

Idiom:
how the land lies what is the state of affairs. in the land of the living joc. still alive. land-agency
1 the stewardship of an estate.
2 an agency for the sale etc. of estates.
land-agent
1 the steward of an estate.
2 an agent for the sale of estates. land-bank a bank issuing banknotes on the securities of landed property. land breeze a breeze blowing towards the sea from the land, esp. at night. land-bridge a neck of land joining two large land masses. land-crab a crab, Cardisoma guanhumi, that lives in burrows inland and migrates in large numbers to the sea to breed. land force (or forces) armies, not naval or air forces. land-form a natural feature of the earth's surface. land-girl Brit. a woman doing farm work, esp. in wartime. land-grabber an illegal seizer of land, esp. a person who took the land of an evicted Irish tenant. land-law (usu. in pl.) the law of landed property. land-line a means of telecommunication over land. land-locked almost or entirely enclosed by land. land mass a large area of land.
land-mine
1 an explosive mine laid in or on the ground.
2 a parachute mine. land of cakes Scotland. land office US an office recording dealings in public land. land-office business US enormous trade. land of Nod sleep (with pun on the phr. in Gen. 4:16). land on one's feet attain a good position, job, etc., by luck. Land's End the westernmost point of Cornwall and of England. land-tax hist. a tax assessed on landed property. land-tie a rod, beam, or piece of masonry securing or supporting a wall etc. by connecting it with the ground. land-wind a wind blowing seaward from the land. land yacht a vehicle with wheels and sails for recreational use on a beach etc.

Derivative:
lander n. landless adj. landward adj. & adv. landwards adv.

Etymology:
OE f. Gmc

N  property, possession, suum cuique, meum et tuum, ownership, proprietorship, lordship, seignority, empire, interest, stake, estate, right, title, claim, demand, holding, tenure, vested interest, contingent interest, beneficial interest, equitable interest, use, trust, benefit, legal estate, equitable estate, seizin, seisin, absolute interest, paramount estate, freehold, fee tail, fee simple, estate in fee, estate in tail, estate tail, estate in tail male, estate in tail female, estate in tail general, limitation, term, lease, settlement, strict settlement, particular estate, estate for life, estate for years, estate pur autre vie, remainder, reversion, expectancy, possibility, dower, dowry, jointure, appanage, inheritance, heritage, patrimony, alimony, legacy, Falcidian law, paternal estate, thirds, assets, belongings, means, resources, circumstances, wealth, money, what one is worth, what one will cut up for, estate and effects, landed property, landed real estate property, realty, land, lands, tenements, hereditaments, corporeal hereditaments, incorporeal hereditaments, acres, ground, acquest, messuage, toft, territory, state, kingdom, principality, realm, empire, protectorate, sphere of influence, manor, honor, domain, demesne, farm, plantation, hacienda, allodium, fief, fieff, feoff, feud, zemindary, dependency, arado, merestead, ranch, free lease-holds, copy lease-holds, folkland, chattels real, fixtures, plant, heirloom, easement, right of common, right of user, personal property, personal estate, personal effects, personalty, chattels, goods, effects, movables, stock, stock in trade, things, traps, rattletraps, paraphernalia, equipage, parcels, appurtenances, impedimenta, luggage, baggage, bag and baggage, pelf, cargo, lading, rent roll, income, maul and wedges, patent, copyright, chose in action, credit, debt, one's own, landed, predial, manorial, allodial, free lease-hold, copy lease-hold, feudal, feodal, to one's credit, to one's account, to the good, to one and his heirs for ever, to one and the heirs of his body, to one and his heirs and assigns, to one and his executors administrators and assign.

VB  sail, put to sea, take ship, get under way, set sail, spread sail, spread canvas, gather way, have way on, make sail, carry sail, plow the waves, plow the deep, plow the main, plow the ocean, walk the waters, navigate, warp, luff, scud, boom, kedge, drift, course, cruise, coast, hug the shore, hug the land, circumnavigate, ply the oar, row, paddle, pull, scull, punt, steam, swim, float, buffet the waves, ride the storm, skim, effleurer, dive, wade, fly, be wafted, hover, soar, flutter, jet, orbit, rocket, take wing, take a flight, take off, ascend, blast off, land, alight, wing one's flight, wing one's way, aviate, parachute, jump, glide.

VB  arrive, get to, come to, come, reach, attain, come up with, come up to, overtake, make, fetch, complete, join, rejoin, light, alight, dismount, land, go ashore, debark, disembark, put in, put into, visit, cast anchor, pitch one's tent, sit down, get to one's journey's end, make the land, be in at the death, come back, get back, come home, get home, return, come in, make one's appearance, drop in, detrain, deplane, outspan, de-orbit, come to hand, come at, come across, hit, come upon, light upon, pop upon, bounce upon, plump upon, burst upon, pitch upon, meet, encounter, rencounter, come in contact.

N  land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma, continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese, delta, tongue of land, neck of land, isthmus, oasis, promontory, highland, coast, shore, scar, strand, beach, playa, bank, lea, seaboard, seaside, seabank, seacoast, seabeach, ironbound coast, loom of the land, derelict, innings, alluvium, alluvion, ancon, riverbank, river bank, levee, soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot, rock, crag, acres, real estate, landsman, earthy, continental, midland, coastal, littoral, riparian, alluvial, terrene, landed, predial, territorial, geophilous, ripicolous, ashore, on shore, on land.

VB  land, come to land, set foot on the soil, set foot on dry land, come ashore, go ashore, debark.

adelie land, coats land, common land, crash land, crown land, cultivated land, din land, dry land, edwin herbert land, enderby land, fat of the land, grazing land, holy land, land agent, land area, land cress, land development, land grant, land league, land line, land mile, land mine, land of enchantment, land of lincoln, land of opportunity, land of steady habits, land office, land on, land rail, land reform, land resources, land site, land tax, land tenure, land up, law of the land, lotus land, native land, never-never land, no man's land, no-man's land, on land, onto land, parcel of land, piece of land, polaroid land camera, promised land, queen maud land, tilled land, toward land, victoria land, wilkes land