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English to English noun
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the land on which real estate is located |  | Example: he built the house on land leased from the city
source: wordnet30
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material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) | | Example: the land had never been plowed
good agricultural soil
source: wordnet30
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territory over which rule or control is exercised | | Example: his domain extended into Europe
he made it the law of the land
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the solid part of the earth's surface | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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the territory occupied by a nation | | Example: he returned to the land of his birth
he visited several European countries
source: wordnet30
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a domain in which something is dominant | | Example: the untroubled kingdom of reason
a land of make-believe
the rise of the realm of cotton in the south
source: wordnet30
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extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use | | Example: the family owned a large estate on Long Island
source: wordnet30
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the people who live in a nation or country | | Example: a statement that sums up the nation's mood
the news was announced to the nation
the whole country worshipped him
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a politically organized body of people under a single government | | Example: 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
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United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991) | | source: wordnet30
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agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life | | Example: farming is a strenuous life
there's no work on the land any more
source: wordnet30
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Urine. See Lant. | | source: webster1913
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The solid part of the surface of the earth; - - opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage. | | source: webster1913 verb
| 14 |
reach or come to rest | | Example: The bird landed on the highest branch
The plane landed in Istanbul
source: wordnet30
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cause to come to the ground | | Example: the pilot managed to land the airplane safely
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| 16 |
bring into a different state | | Example: this may land you in jail
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| 17 |
bring ashore | | Example: The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island
source: wordnet30
| 18 |
deliver (a blow) | | Example: He landed several blows on his opponent's head
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arrive on shore | | Example: The ship landed in Pearl Harbor
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| 20 |
shoot at and force to come down | | Example: the enemy landed several of our aircraft
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To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft; to disembark; to debark. | | source: webster1913
| 22 |
To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to come to the end of a course. | | source: webster1913
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