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noun(land)material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
Examples:
The land had never been plowed.
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noun(land)the territory occupied by a nation
Examples:
He returned to the land of his birth.
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noun(land)a politically organized body of people under a single government
Examples:
An industrialized land.
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noun(land)United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)
Synonyms: din land, edwin herbert land,
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noun(land)extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
Examples:
The family owned a large estate on Long Island.
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verb(land)reach or come to rest
Synonyms: set down,
Examples:
The bird landed on the highest branch.
The plane landed in Istanbul.
The plane landed in Istanbul.
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verb(land)cause to come to the ground
Synonyms: bring down, put down,
Examples:
The pilot managed to land the airplane safely.
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noun(land)agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
Synonyms: farming,
Examples:
There's no work on the land any more.
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noun(land)the solid part of the earth's surface
Examples:
The plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land.
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verb(land)shoot at and force to come down
Synonyms: down, shoot down,
Examples:
The enemy landed several of our aircraft.
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noun(land)territory over which rule or control is exercised
Examples:
He made it the law of the land.
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noun(land)a domain in which something is dominant
Examples:
A land of make-believe.
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verb(land)bring ashore
Examples:
The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island.
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verb(land)deliver (a blow)
Examples:
He landed several blows on his opponent's head.
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noun(land)the land on which real estate is located
Examples:
He built the house on land leased from the city.