land adj

1 relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land; "land vehicles" [syn: land(a)] [ant: sea(a), air(a)]

2 operating or living or growing on land [syn: terrestrial, land(a)] [ant: amphibious, aquatic]

1 the land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city"

2 material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil" [syn: ground, soil]

3 the solid part of the earth's surface; "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" [syn: dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma]

4 territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land" [syn: domain, demesne]

5 the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" [syn: country, state]

6 a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south" [syn: kingdom, realm]

7 extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island" [syn: estate, landed estate, acres, demesne]

8 the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" [syn: nation, country, a people]

9 a politically organized body of people under a single government; "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" [syn: state, nation, country, commonwealth, res publica, body politic]

10 United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one-step photographic process (1909-1991) [syn: Din Land, Edwin Herbert Land]

11 working the land as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more" [syn: farming]

1 reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul" [syn: set down]

2 cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely" [syn: put down, bring down]

3 bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail" [syn: bring]

4 bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"

5 deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's head"

6 arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor" [syn: set ashore, shore]

7 shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" [syn: down, shoot down]

see Land

English

Etymology

< land, lond < < .

Pronunciation

• /lænd/
• /l

Land may refer to:

• Land, the part of the Earth that is not covered by water
• terrestrial ecoregion
  • Landform, a feature of the land
  • Landscape, the layout, appearance and character of a land area
  • Land bridge, a feature exposed during periods of low sea level
• Länder, the Federal states of Germany or Austria
• län in Sweden (and lääni in Finland)

A synonym for a region belonging to a people:

• A country, a geographical area that connotes an independent political entity
• A nation, particularly in the absence of a state or government
• Motherland
• fatherland
• homeland

• Specific regions:
• Lands of Sweden
• Lands of Denmark
• Ziemia, or Lands of Poland
• Land, Norway, a specific region in Norway
• Land borders, a list of the borders of various nations

In law:

• Real property
• real estate and ownership interests
• Estate in land, law regarding land ownership and titles
• Landlord, the owner of real estate which is leased
• Land claims, disputed lands
• Land rights

In economics:

• Land (economics), a factor of production comprising all naturally occurring resources
• Land economy, the study of land usage and development
• Land grant, a gift of land made by the government for public projects
• Land reform, the redistribution of land

In music:

• LAND, an American jazz/rock/world music ensemble
• LAND (album), the eponymous first album by the group LAND
• Land (1975-2002), compilation album by Patti Smith
• Land (album), an album by Faroese metal band Týr

A surname found in Britain, Denmark, Germany and the US:

• Edwin H. Land, American pioneer of instant photography and polarizing filters
• Professor Frank Land, British Information systems researcher
• Michael Land, American composer and musician
• Professor Michael F. Land, British neurobiologist

Other:

• Land Camera, the first "instant camera", developed by Edwin H. Land.
• Land Institute, a non-profit agricultural study center Kansas USA
• LAND, a DoS (Denial of Service) attack used in the Internet
• A landing
• Lands, the raised helical grooves in rifled gun barrels

See also

• The Land (disambiguation)
• Holy Land
• No Man's Land
• Promised land
• Land Banking