Land Definition–noun | 1. | any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow's nest. |
| 2. | an area of ground with reference to its nature or composition: arable land. |
| 3. | an area of ground with specific boundaries: to buy land on which to build a house. |
| 4. | rural or farming areas, as contrasted with urban areas: They left the land for the city
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| 5. | Law. | a. | any part of the earth's surface that can be owned as property, and everything annexed to it, whether by nature or by the human hand. |
| b. | any legal interest held in land. |
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| 6. | Economics. natural resources as a factor of production. |
| 7. | a part of the surface of the earth marked off by natural or political boundaries or the like; a region or country: They came from many lands. |
| 8. | the people of a region or country |
| 9. | Audio. the flat surface between the grooves of a phonograph record. |
| 10. | a realm or domain: the land of the living. |
| 11. | a surface between furrows, as on a millstone or on the interior of a rifle barrel. |
| 12. | Scot.<
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–verb (used with object) | 13. | to bring to or set on land: to land passengers or goods from a ship; to land an airplane. |
| 14. | to bring into or cause to arrive in a particular place, position, or condition: His behavior will land him in jail. |
| 15. | Informal. to catch or capture; gain; win: to land a job. |
| 16. | Angling. to bring (a
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–verb (used without object) | 17. | to come to land or shore: The boat lands at Cherbourg. |
| 18. | to go or come ashore from a ship or boat. |
| 19. | to alight upon a surface, as the ground, a body of water, or the like: to land on both feet. |
| 20. | to hit or strike the ground, as from a height: The ball landed at the far sid
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| 21. | to strike and come to rest on a surface or in something: The golf ball landed in the lake. |
| 22. | to come to rest or arrive in a particular place, position, or condition (sometimes fol. by up): to land in trouble; to land up 40 miles from home. |
—Verb phrase| 23. | land on, Informal. to reprimand; criticize: His mother landed on him for coming home so late. |
—Idioms| 24. | land on one's feet. foot (def. 40). |
| 25. | see how the land lies, to investigate in advance; inform oneself of the facts of a situation before acting: You should see how the land lies before making a formal proposal. Compare lay of the land. |
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