LAND (album)
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noun
(1) Agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
"Farming is a strenuous life"
"There's no work on the land any more"
(2) 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"
(3) 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"
(4) The territory occupied by a nation
"He returned to the land of his birth"
"He visited several European countries"
(5) Territory over which rule or control is exercised
"His domain extended into Europe"
"He made it the law of the land"
(6) 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"
(7) 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"
(8) United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one-step photographic process (1909-1991)
(9) Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
"The family owned a large estate on Long Island"
(10) The land on which real estate is located
"He built the house on land leased from the city"
(11) 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"
verb
(12) Bring into a different state
"This may land you in jail"
(13) Reach or come to rest
"The bird landed on the highest branch"
"The plane landed in Istanbul"
(14) Cause to come to the ground
"The pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
(15) Shoot at and force to come down
"The enemy landed several of our aircraft"
(16) Arrive on shore
"The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"
(17) Bring ashore
"The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"
(18) Deliver (a blow)
"He landed several blows on his opponent's head"
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Etymology
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Noun
- The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
- Most insects live on land.
- real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected.
- There are 50 acres of land in this estate.
- A country or region.
- They come from a faraway land.
- A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
- Ground that is suitable for farming.
- Plant the potatoes in the land.
- (Ireland / colloquial) a fright.
- He got an awful land when the police arrived.
- A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
- In a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
- The space between the rifling grooves in a gun.
Verb
- To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
- The plane is about to land.
- To alight, to descend from a vehicle.
- 1859 Easton, Alexander, A Practical Treatise on Street or Horse-Power Railways, p 108, "Rules adopted by the Sixth Avenue Railway, N. Y.":
- 10. You will be civil and attentive to passengers, giving proper assistance to ladies and children getting in or out, and never start the car before passengers are fairly received or landed.
- 1859 Easton, Alexander, A Practical Treatise on Street or Horse-Power Railways, p 108, "Rules adopted by the Sixth Avenue Railway, N. Y.":
- To come into rest.
- To arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water.
- To bring to land.
- It can be tricky to land a helicopter.
- Use the net to land the fish.
- To acquire; to secure.
- To deliver.