land
/lænd/
Dictionary
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.
- A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
- The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
"wet land; good or bad land for growing potatoes"
- (often in combination) realm, domain.
"I'm going to Disneyland."
- The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.
- A shock or 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.
- (travel) The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
"Our city offices sell a lot more land than our suburban offices."
- The ground or floor.
- The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.
- In 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.
- A group of dwellings or tenements under one roof and having a common entry.
verb
- To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
"The plane is about to land."
- To alight, to descend from a vehicle.
- 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."
- To acquire; to secure.
- To deliver.
adjective
- Of or relating to land.
- Residing or growing on land.
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