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land

Dictionary definition · Land

noun

  1. United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)
  2. the land on which real estate is located"he built the house on land leased from the city"
  3. 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"
  4. territory over which rule or control is exercised"his domain extended into Europe"
  5. the solid part of the earth's surface"the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"
  6. the territory occupied by a nation"he returned to the land of his birth"
  7. a domain in which something is dominant"the untroubled kingdom of reason"

verb

  1. reach or come to rest"The bird landed on the highest branch"
  2. cause to come to the ground"the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
  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"
  5. deliver (a blow)"He landed several blows on his opponent's head"

Similar words

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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).