1. (

• land ,

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

2. (

• land ,
• ground ,
• soil

) 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" ;

3. (

• domain ,
• demesne ,
• land ,

) territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land" ;

4. (

• land ,
• dry_land ,
• earth ,
• ground ,
• solid_ground ,
• terra_firma

) 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" ;

5. (

• country ,
• state ,
• land ,

) the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" ;

6. (

• kingdom ,
• land ,
• realm ,

) 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" ;

7. (

• estate ,
• land ,
• landed_estate ,
• acres ,
• demesne

) extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island" ;

8. (

• nation ,
• land ,
• country ,

) 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" ;

9. (

• state ,
• nation ,
• country ,
• land ,
• commonwealth ,
• res_publica ,
• body_politic

) 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" ;

10. (

• Land ,
• Din_Land ,
• Edwin_Herbert_Land

) United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991) ;

11. (

• farming ,
• land

) agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more" ;

1. (

• land ,
• set_down ,

) reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul" ;

2. (

• land ,
• put_down ,
• bring_down

) cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely" ;

3. (

• bring ,
• land

) bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail" ;

4. (

• land ,

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

5. (

• land

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

6. (

• land ,
• set_ashore ,
• shore

) arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor" ;

7. (

• down ,
• shoot_down ,
• land ,

) shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" ;