land has definitions from the fields of work,agriculture,politics,geography,government,nautical,transportation,photography,business
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[ noun ] the land on which real estate is located

Examples

"he built the house on land leased from the city"

Used in print

(Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)

Most counties also have maps available from the county engineer showing roads and other features and from the assessor 's office showing ownerships of land .

A stream which has all_of its watershed within a national forest or other lands under good conservation practices is less likely to be affected by pollution than one passing_through unrestricted logging or past an industrial area .

Look at the physical features of the land to determine how desirable it is for use , what can be done to correct the faults , and what it will cost to make the area meet your needs in_comparison_to other sites .

The values of the site may be affected by the appearance of the adjoining lands , ownership and use of the land , and the utilities available there .

The values of the site may be affected by the appearance of the adjoining lands , ownership and use of the land , and the utilities available there .

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[ noun ] 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

soil ground

Examples

"the land had never been plowed" "good agricultural soil"

Used in print

(Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)

The high cost of land , supplies , and labor make it difficult to farm profitably on a part-time basis .

Land within commuting distance of a growing city is usually high in price , higher if it has subdivision possibilities .

Part-time farming can take comparatively little land , labor , and equipment - or a great_deal .

General requirements for land , labor , and equipment are discussed below .

Three quarters to 1 acre of good land is enough for raising fruits and vegetables for home use , and for a small flock of chickens , a cow , and two pigs .

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[ verb ] reach or come to rest

Synonyms

set_down

Examples

"The bird landed on the highest branch" "The plane landed in Istanbul"

Used in print

(The New York Times,...)

His first shot in the Open last year landed in a brook that flowed along the right side of the fairway .

(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)

The right will land first , followed by the left .

Care should be taken to see that the hands are placed on the floor before the kick starts and also that the landing foot is brought as close to the hands as possible .

Be sure that the landing foot is brought close to the hands and that only one foot lands at_a_time .

Be sure that the landing foot is brought close to the hands and that only one foot lands at_a_time .

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[ noun ] (geography) territory over which rule or control is exercised

Synonyms

domain demesne

Examples

"his domain extended into Europe" "he made it the law of the land"

Used in print

(John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)

He recalled that in Rhode_Island a party opposed to the state 's condemnation of a man ( Thomas_W._Dorr ) proclaimed the state 's action as a violation of the law of the land and the principles of human liberty .

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

If he were to go with White , he would be out there two days , not just listening in the dark at some point between here and Papa-san , but moving ever deeper into enemy land - behind Papa-san itself .

(Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)

They all prayed now that the North would realize that peace must come , for Virginia had defended her land victoriously .

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[ noun ] the solid part of the earth's surface

Examples

"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"

Used in print

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

As they were riding along this winding road on the bench of land between the two bluffs , a volley of rifle fire suddenly crashed around the two officers .

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

From the east to the west coast of the Korean_peninsula was a strip of land in which fear filled men were at that same moment furtively crawling through the night , sitting in sweaty anticipation of any movement or sound , or shouting amidst confused rifle flashes and muzzle blasts .

(Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)

Hino was the fourth son of an elderly farmer who lived on the coast , in Chiba , and divided his life between the land and the sea , supplementing the marginal livelihood on his small rented farm with seasonal employment on a fishing_boat .

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[ noun ] (government,geography) the territory occupied by a nation

Synonyms

country state nation

Examples

"he returned to the land of his birth" "he visited several European countries"

Used in print

(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)

We could scarcely find eighty in our great land of over 180 million people .

(John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)

Resolved , that we find in this fearful tragedy at Harper_'s_Ferry a reason for more earnest effort to remove the evil of slavery from the whole land as speedily as possible .

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

Or was he now taking the role - the gesture and the suffering - because it was the only way to affirm his history and identity in the torpid , befogged loneliness of this land .

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[ verb ] cause to come to the ground

Synonyms

put_down bring_down

Examples

"the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"

Used in print

(San Francisco Chronicle,...)

The only way Fiedler could get_back to earth alive was to fly the pulse jet missile and land it on the airstrip .

Using a steering_system that controlled the modified rocket 's tail surfaces and wings equipped with ailerons , Fiedler was to land the missile on a skid especially bolted under the fuselage .

Moments later the V-1 skimmed across the landing_strip , edging closer and closer to a touchdown - then in a streamer of dust it landed .

("National Affairs"...)

To Rickards , a 52 - year-old veteran 30 years in_the_air , it was an old story : His plane was being hijacked in mid-flight again much_as it had happened in 1930 , when Peruvian rebels made him land a Ford tri-motor at Arequipa .

Related terms

arrive air_travel landing

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[ verb ] bring into a different state

Synonyms

bring

Examples

"this may land you in jail"

Used in print

(Richard Tiernan, "Land of the Silver Dollar,"...)

I figure if I can get any kind_of publicity campaign going , I 'll land him on TV - you know , one of those favorite horses for some Western hero .

Related terms

change reduce rear

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[ noun ] extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

Examples

"the family owned a large estate on Long Island"

Used in print

(Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)

She had nothing left but her duty to his land and his son .

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

He turned from the flying trees to look ahead and saw with an inward boy 's eye again the great fieldstone house which , built on one of the many acres of ancestral land bordering the west harbor , had been Izaak 's bride-gift to his cousin wife as the last century ended .

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[ verb ] (transportation) bring ashore

Examples

"The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"

Used in print

(The Detroit News...)

McNair , 25 , was seized March 20 with four Cubans and accused of trying to land a boatload of rifles in Pinar_del_Rio , about 35 miles from Havana .

(National Review, xi: 26...)

As our planes land the war materiel that kills pro-Western Katangans , we stand supinely bleating while Nehru 's troops smash into a five-hundred-year-old district of our NATO ally , Portugal .

Related terms

bring ground

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[ noun ] the people who live in a nation or country

Examples

"a statement that sums up the nation's mood" "the news was announced to the nation" "the whole country worshipped him"

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

If a man totally ignorant of America were to judge our land and its civilization based on Hollywood alone , what conclusions do you think he might come_to ?

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[ noun ] a domain in which something is dominant

Synonyms

realm kingdom

Examples

"the untroubled kingdom of reason" "a land of make-believe" "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south"

Related terms

sphere lotus_land

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[ adjective ] relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land

Examples

"land vehicles"

Used in print

(87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)

Land based radar would help with this task .

Related terms

air sea overland onshore

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[ verb ] deliver, as of a blow

Examples

"He landed several blows on his opponent's head"

Used in print

(Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)

He stepped inside Jess 's guard and landed two blows to the big man 's belly , putting everything he had behind them .

Related terms

deliver

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[ noun ] (politics,geography) a politically organized body of people under a single government

Examples

"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"

Used in print

(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)

A heterogeneous people have needed it to attain an element of cultural and political cohesion in a new and ever_changing land .

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1358
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[ noun ] (photography,work,business) United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one-step photographic process (1909-1991)

Related terms

inventor industrialist

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[ adjective ] operating or living or growing on land

Synonyms

terrestrial

Related terms

amphibious aquatic

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[ verb ] (nautical) arrive on shore

Synonyms

shore set_ashore

Examples

"The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"

Related terms

arrive shore

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[ verb ] shoot at and force to come down

Synonyms

shoot_down down

Examples

"the enemy landed several of our aircraft"

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[ noun ] (work,agriculture) working the land as an occupation or way of life

Synonyms

farming

Examples

"farming is a strenuous life" "there's no work on the land any more"

Related terms

occupation farm

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