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Land

noun
/lænd/
Word Frequency: 167.3

Definitions

1.nounThe part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
"Most insects live on land."
2.nounReal 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."
3.nounA country or region.
4.nounA person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
5.nounThe soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
"wet land; good or bad land for growing potatoes"
6.noun(often in combination) realm, domain.
"I'm going to Disneyland."
7.nounThe ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.
8.nounA shock or fright.
"He got an awful land when the police arrived."
9.nounA conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
10.nounIn a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
11.noun(travel) The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
"Our city offices sell a lot more land than our suburban offices."
12.nounThe ground or floor.
13.nounThe lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.
14.nounIn any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows.
15.nounA group of dwellings or tenements under one roof and having a common entry.
16.verbTo descend to a surface, especially from the air.
"The plane is about to land."
17.verbTo alight, to descend from a vehicle.
18.verbTo come into rest.
19.verbTo arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water.
20.verbTo bring to land.
"It can be tricky to land a helicopter."
21.verbTo acquire; to secure.
22.verbTo deliver.
23.adjectiveOf or relating to land.
24.adjectiveResiding or growing on land.

Synonyms

terra firmadry landgroundonshoreshoreearthsoilstateoverlandfarmingshoot downcountry

Rhymes With

reprimandcommandexpanddemandunderstandbandbrandstand
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