[noun] the land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city"
[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); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil" Synonyms:ground, soil
[noun] 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" Synonyms:dry earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma
[noun] territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land" Synonyms:domain, demesne
[noun] the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" Synonyms:country, state
[noun] 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" Synonyms:kingdom, realm
[noun] extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island" Synonyms:estate, ed estate, acres, demesne
[noun] 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" Synonyms:nation, country, a people
[noun] 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" Synonyms:state, nation, country, commonwealth, res publica, body politic
[noun] United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one-step photographic process (1909-1991) Synonyms:Land, Din Land, Edwin Herbert Land
[noun] working the land as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more" Synonyms:farming
[verb] reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul" Synonyms:set down
[verb] cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely" Synonyms:put down, bring down
[verb] bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail" Synonyms:bring
[verb] bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"
[verb] deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's head"
[verb] arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor" Synonyms:set ashore, shore
[verb] shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" Synonyms:down, shoot down
[adjective] relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land; "land vehicles"
[adjective] operating or living or growing on land Synonyms:terrestrial
