land /lænd/
1. the land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city"
synset: land
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"
3. territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the 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"
synset: 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"
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"
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"
synset: 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"
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"
synset: 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)
synset: 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"
1. reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"
2. cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
synset: land, put_down, bring_down
3. bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"
4. bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"
synset: land
5. deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's head"
synset: land
6. arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"
synset: land, set_ashore, shore
7. shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
synset: down, shoot_down, land
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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