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
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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
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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
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the territory occupied by a nation |  | Example: he returned to the land of his birth he visited several European countries
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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
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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
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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
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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
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cause to come to the ground |  | Example: the pilot managed to land the airplane safely
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bring into a different state |  | Example: this may land you in jail
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bring ashore |  | Example: The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island
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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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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
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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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