land

1 of 2

noun

ˈland

often attributive

: the solid part of the surface of the earth

also : a corresponding part of a celestial body (such as the moon)

: ground or soil of a specified situation, nature, or quality

dry land

: the surface of the earth and all its natural resources

: a portion of the earth's solid surface distinguishable by boundaries or ownership

bought land in the country

: such as

: country

the finest cheese in all the land

: a rural area characterized by farming or ranching

also : farming or ranching as a way of life

wanted to move back to the land

: realm, domain

in the land of dreams

—sometimes used in combination

TV-land

: the people of a country

the land rose in rebellion

: an area of a partly machined surface (such as the inside of a gun barrel) that is left without machining

landless

ˈland-ləs

adjective

landlessness

ˈland-ləs-nəs How to pronounce land (audio)

noun

land

2 of 2

verb

landed; landing; lands

transitive verb

: to set or put on shore from a ship : disembark

: to set down after conveying

: to cause to reach or come to rest in a particular place

never landed a punch

: to bring to a specified condition

his wit landed him in trouble

: to bring to a landing

land an airplane

: to complete successfully by landing

the skater landed all her jumps

: to catch and bring in

land a fish

: gain, secure

land a job

landed the leading role

intransitive verb

: to go ashore from a ship : disembark

of a ship or boat : to touch at a place on shore

: to come to the end of a course or to a stage in a journey : arrive

took a wrong turn and landed on a dead-end street

: to come to be in a condition or situation

landed in jail

: to strike or meet a surface (as after a fall)

landed on my head

: to alight on a surface

Example Sentences

Noun the land along the highway The land stretched as far as you could see. They cleared some land to grow crops. After two days of sailing, we were miles from land. They invaded the country by land and by sea. They own land in Alaska. They bought some land and built a house. His lands extend as far as the eye can see. He was the most powerful politician in the land. the lands of the Far East Verb The plane landed on the runway. We watched the seaplanes landing on the water. The bird landed in a tree. A butterfly landed on the flower. Our flight was scheduled to land in Pittsburgh at 4:00. It was raining heavily at the airport when we landed. The pilot was able to land the plane on the runway. The golf ball landed in the trees. I could not see where the ball landed. The cat fell from the tree but landed on its feet. See More

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Monday, Danielle was almost 1,000 miles away from land in the northern Atlantic Ocean and moving northeast at 7 mph.

Keven Lerner, Sun Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2022 Earl could bring heavy rain to the islands and gusty winds, but the strongest winds were expected to stay on the northern and eastern sides of the storm and away from land.

Leigh Morgan, al, 4 Sep. 2022 Authorities said Patterson did not have enough flight experience to know how to land and another pilot was brought in to talk Patterson through the process.

Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2022 The director was incredibly lucky to land Clarkson, a master of meaningful microexpressions, who excels at speaking volumes without opening her mouth.

Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2022 The man shot a large adult brown bear between about 9 and 10 a.m. in an area near Ship Creek and up the valley from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson land, Stantorf said.

Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2022 Navigating ambiguity and judging who’s being truthful is a key part of the jobs many graduates of schools like SAIS hope to land.

Jennifer Conrad, WIRED, 1 Sep. 2022 Some computer models show Earl strengthening into a hurricane over the weekend in the north Atlantic, far away from land.

Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022 Since June 2021, most applicants have had to wait at least several months for passports to land in their hands.

Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022

Verb

Quaka said negotiators from Tupelo Police contacted Patterson and convinced him to land the plane at Tupelo airport.

Amir Vera, CNN, 6 Sep. 2022 Once again, the company was able to land the first stage booster, which flew for the seventh time.

Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2022 Negotiators made contact with the pilot and convinced him to land at the airport.

Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 3 Sep. 2022 But, with some instruction from a private pilot, Patterson was able to land the plane about 30 minutes later.

CBS News, 3 Sep. 2022 Handshake, an online job portal for college students who want to land a job after graduation, will hold a virtual job fair in October highlighting careers in education.

Trisha Powell Crain | Tcrain@al.com, al, 31 Aug. 2022 If Michael Andretti is able to land approval to enter a new 11th team in Formula 1, the program will be headquartered in Fishers.

Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Aug. 2022 Detroiters seeking to land a job at sea can get free training through a maritime jobs fair later this month.

Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2022 This helped Toprak land her dream job of working with Hans Zimmer at what was then known as Media Ventures International.

Meimei Fox, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English lond, land, going back to Old English, going back to Germanic *landa- (strong neuter noun), perhaps originally "untilled land" (whence also Old Frisian land, lond "land, earth, country, landed property," Old Saxon land, Old High German lant, Old Norse land, Gothic land "field, country"), going back to dialectal Indo-European *lond^h-o-, o-grade form of a noun with apparent zero-grade *ln̥d^h-eh₂- in Celtic *land-ā-, whence Old Irish land, lann "land, plot, church building," Welsh llan "church and its adjoining property, enclosure," also Old Irish ithlann "threshing floor" (with ith "grain"), Old Welsh itlann, glossing Latin ārea "threshing floor," Welsh ydlan "barnyard" (with ŷd "grain"); and probably in Elfdalian (dialect of north central Sweden) linda "overgrown field," Old Prussian lindan (accusative singular) "valley"; zero-grade *ln̥d^h- or full grade *lend^h- in Slavic *lęd-, whence Russian ljadá "uncultivated field with first-growth forest," Old Russian ljadina "wasteland, weeds, thick brush," Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian lèdina, ledìna "wasteland, virgin soil," Polish ląnd "dry land, mainland"

Note: The etymon is limited to northern European Indo-European: Celtic, Germanic, Slavic and (marginally) Baltic. E. Seebold (in F. Kluge, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, 22. Auflage, 1989) proposes a derivative *lem-d^h- from a verbal base *lem- "break (ground)," whence Old Church Slavic lemešĭ "plow," Lithuanian lẽmežis "wooden part of the plough" (compare Old Church Slavic lomiti "to break"). The suggestion has also been made that the etymon was borrowed from a non-Indo-European language.

Verb

Middle English londen, landen, derivative of lond, land land entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Kids Definition

land 1 of 2

noun

ˈland

: the solid part of the surface of the earth

: an area of ground or soil of a particular kind

fertile land

: a part of the earth's surface marked off by boundaries

They bought some land.

: a country or nation

your native land

: the people of a country

All the land rose in rebellion.

land

2 of 2

verb

landed; landing

: to go ashore or cause to go ashore from a ship

The troops landed on the island.

: to come down or bring down and settle on a surface

The airplane landed.

: to hit or come to a surface

I fell and landed on my back.

: to be or cause to be in a particular place or condition

He landed in jail.

: to catch and bring in

land a fish

: to succeed in getting

land a job

单词	lands
释义	land 1 of 2 noun ˈland often attributive 1 a : the solid part of the surface of the earth also : a corresponding part of a celestial body (such as the moon) b : ground or soil of a specified situation, nature, or quality dry land c : the surface of the earth and all its natural resources 2 : a portion of the earth's solid surface distinguishable by boundaries or ownership bought land in the country : such as a : country the finest cheese in all the land b : a rural area characterized by farming or ranching also : farming or ranching as a way of life wanted to move back to the land 3 : realm, domain in the land of dreams —sometimes used in combination TV-land 4 : the people of a country the land rose in rebellion 5 : an area of a partly machined surface (such as the inside of a gun barrel) that is left without machining landless ˈland-ləs adjective landlessness ˈland-ləs-nəs noun land 2 of 2 verb landed; landing; lands transitive verb 1 : to set or put on shore from a ship : disembark 2 a : to set down after conveying b : to cause to reach or come to rest in a particular place never landed a punch c : to bring to a specified condition his wit landed him in trouble d : to bring to a landing land an airplane e : to complete successfully by landing the skater landed all her jumps 3 a : to catch and bring in land a fish b : gain, secure land a job landed the leading role intransitive verb 1 a : to go ashore from a ship : disembark b of a ship or boat : to touch at a place on shore 2 a : to come to the end of a course or to a stage in a journey : arrive took a wrong turn and landed on a dead-end street b : to come to be in a condition or situation landed in jail c : to strike or meet a surface (as after a fall) landed on my head d : to alight on a surface Synonyms Noun commonwealth country nation sovereignty sovranty state Verb anchor dock See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun the land along the highway The land stretched as far as you could see. They cleared some land to grow crops. After two days of sailing, we were miles from land. They invaded the country by land and by sea. They own land in Alaska. They bought some land and built a house. His lands extend as far as the eye can see. He was the most powerful politician in the land. the lands of the Far East Verb The plane landed on the runway. We watched the seaplanes landing on the water. The bird landed in a tree. A butterfly landed on the flower. Our flight was scheduled to land in Pittsburgh at 4:00. It was raining heavily at the airport when we landed. The pilot was able to land the plane on the runway. The golf ball landed in the trees. I could not see where the ball landed. The cat fell from the tree but landed on its feet. See More Recent Examples on the Web Noun Monday, Danielle was almost 1,000 miles away from land in the northern Atlantic Ocean and moving northeast at 7 mph. Keven Lerner, Sun Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2022 Earl could bring heavy rain to the islands and gusty winds, but the strongest winds were expected to stay on the northern and eastern sides of the storm and away from land. Leigh Morgan, al, 4 Sep. 2022 Authorities said Patterson did not have enough flight experience to know how to land and another pilot was brought in to talk Patterson through the process. Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2022 The director was incredibly lucky to land Clarkson, a master of meaningful microexpressions, who excels at speaking volumes without opening her mouth. Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2022 The man shot a large adult brown bear between about 9 and 10 a.m. in an area near Ship Creek and up the valley from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson land, Stantorf said. Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2022 Navigating ambiguity and judging who’s being truthful is a key part of the jobs many graduates of schools like SAIS hope to land. Jennifer Conrad, WIRED, 1 Sep. 2022 Some computer models show Earl strengthening into a hurricane over the weekend in the north Atlantic, far away from land. Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022 Since June 2021, most applicants have had to wait at least several months for passports to land in their hands. Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022 Verb Quaka said negotiators from Tupelo Police contacted Patterson and convinced him to land the plane at Tupelo airport. Amir Vera, CNN, 6 Sep. 2022 Once again, the company was able to land the first stage booster, which flew for the seventh time. Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2022 Negotiators made contact with the pilot and convinced him to land at the airport. Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 3 Sep. 2022 But, with some instruction from a private pilot, Patterson was able to land the plane about 30 minutes later. CBS News, 3 Sep. 2022 Handshake, an online job portal for college students who want to land a job after graduation, will hold a virtual job fair in October highlighting careers in education. Trisha Powell Crain \| Tcrain@al.com, al, 31 Aug. 2022 If Michael Andretti is able to land approval to enter a new 11th team in Formula 1, the program will be headquartered in Fishers. Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Aug. 2022 Detroiters seeking to land a job at sea can get free training through a maritime jobs fair later this month. Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2022 This helped Toprak land her dream job of working with Hans Zimmer at what was then known as Media Ventures International. Meimei Fox, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Noun Middle English lond, land, going back to Old English, going back to Germanic landa- (strong neuter noun), perhaps originally "untilled land" (whence also Old Frisian land, lond* "land, earth, country, landed property," Old Saxon land, Old High German lant, Old Norse land, Gothic land "field, country"), going back to dialectal Indo-European lond^h-o-, o-grade form of a noun with apparent zero-grade ln̥d^h-eh₂- in Celtic land-ā-, whence Old Irish land, lann* "land, plot, church building," Welsh llan "church and its adjoining property, enclosure," also Old Irish ithlann "threshing floor" (with ith "grain"), Old Welsh itlann, glossing Latin ārea "threshing floor," Welsh ydlan "barnyard" (with ŷd "grain"); and probably in Elfdalian (dialect of north central Sweden) linda "overgrown field," Old Prussian lindan (accusative singular) "valley"; zero-grade ln̥d^h- or full grade lend^h- in Slavic lęd-, whence Russian ljadá* "uncultivated field with first-growth forest," Old Russian ljadina "wasteland, weeds, thick brush," Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian lèdina, ledìna "wasteland, virgin soil," Polish ląnd "dry land, mainland" Note: The etymon is limited to northern European Indo-European: Celtic, Germanic, Slavic and (marginally) Baltic. E. Seebold (in F. Kluge, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, 22. Auflage, 1989) proposes a derivative lem-d^h- from a verbal base lem- "break (ground)," whence Old Church Slavic lemešĭ "plow," Lithuanian lẽmežis "wooden part of the plough" (compare Old Church Slavic lomiti "to break"). The suggestion has also been made that the etymon was borrowed from a non-Indo-European language. Verb Middle English londen, landen, derivative of lond, land land entry 1 First Known Use Noun before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Verb 13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1 Phrases Containing land crash-land in the land of the living crown land cloud-cuckoo-land how the land lies land grant land grab land bank la-la land land-office business land office land mine land of opportunity land on one's feet land with land reform land-poor lie of the land live off the land native land never-never land no-man's-land public land promised land soft-land land yacht the land the law of the land belly-land land of milk and honey land in someone's lap land line the promised land spy out the land the lay of the land work the land live off/on the fat of the land See More crash-land in the land of the living crown land cloud-cuckoo-land how the land lies land grant land grab land bank la-la land land-office business land office land mine land of opportunity land on one's feet land with land reform land-poor lie of the land live off the land native land never-never land no-man's-land public land promised land soft-land land yacht the land the law of the land belly-land land of milk and honey land in someone's lap land line the promised land spy out the land the lay of the land work the land live off/on the fat of the land See More Kids Definition land 1 of 2 noun ˈland 1 : the solid part of the surface of the earth 2 : an area of ground or soil of a particular kind fertile land 3 : a part of the earth's surface marked off by boundaries They bought some land. 4 : a country or nation your native land 5 : the people of a country All the land rose in rebellion. land 2 of 2 verb landed; landing 1 : to go ashore or cause to go ashore from a ship The troops landed on the island. 2 : to come down or bring down and settle on a surface The airplane landed. 3 : to hit or come to a surface I fell and landed on my back. 4 : to be or cause to be in a particular place or condition He landed in jail. 5 : to catch and bring in land a fish 6 : to succeed in getting land a job Legal Definition land noun 1 : an area of the earth usually inclusive of improvements, bodies of water, and natural or man-made objects and extending indefinitely upward and downward compare air right 2 : an estate, interest, or right in land land means both surface and mineral rights California Public Resources Code Biographical Definition Land biographical name ˈland Edwin Herbert 1909–1991 American inventor and industrialist lands 1 of 2 noun plural of land 1 as in states a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government the whole land rose up in outrage over the tyrant's unconscionable cruelties Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance states nations countries kingdoms commonwealths provinces republics homelands sovranties empires sovereignties settlements ministates domains realms dominions soil dukedoms colonies sovereigns monarchies principalities duchies democracies dictatorships emirates seigniories trust territories powers sultanates motherlands sea powers monocracies microstates mandates fatherlands world powers superpowers theocracies sovrans dependencies great powers nation-states seignories client states condominia condominiums city-states welfare states oligarchies 2 as in parts a broad geographical area the land to the west was said to have incredibly rich soil and plentiful water Synonyms & Similar Words parts regions tracts necks zones territories corridors belts districts realms domains terrains vicinities latitudes neighborhoods ranges lands 2 of 2 verb present tense third-person singular of land 1 as in docks to stop at or near a place along the shore the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth after exploring Cape Cod Bay Synonyms & Similar Words docks arrives grounds moors anchors makes port berths beaches reaches harbors disembarks ties up debarks turns up shows up Antonyms & Near Antonyms launches sails embarks 2 as in arrives to get to a destination we landed at the hotel just before midnight Synonyms & Similar Words arrives comes appears gets through reaches turns up hits gets in fetches shows up disembarks touches down debarks makes bursts (in or into) pulls in blows in checks in breezes (in) waltzes (in) clocks (in) barges (in) Antonyms & Near Antonyms leaves goes flees clocks (out) checks out vamooses 3 as in disembarks to go ashore from a ship the passengers on the cruise landed at St. George in Bermuda Synonyms & Similar Words disembarks docks debarks beaches anchors puts in Antonyms & Near Antonyms boards gets (on) embarks weighs (anchor) 4 as in perches to come to rest after descending from the air our plane is landing in 15 minutes, so we need to put all of our things away Synonyms & Similar Words perches alights roosts settles lights touches down belly-lands crash-lands Antonyms & Near Antonyms planes rises wings climbs ascends arises flies floats glides takes off soars blasts off hovers hangs See More 5 as in gains to receive as return for effort because of his work on the boss's pet project, he landed a promotion as well as a raise Synonyms & Similar Words gains earns wins reaps garners gets obtains makes secures acquires attains procures realizes captures bags knocks down draws carries brings in pulls down achieves scores nets occupies comes by accumulates accomplishes regains annexes amasses reacquires clears catches grosses recaptures racks up takes over remakes picks up notches (up) reattains Antonyms & Near Antonyms loses forfeits grants pays gives accords relinquishes yields parts (with) surrenders hands over gives up See More 6 as in grabs to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly after struggling for half an hour, the fisherman finally landed a 10-pound bass Synonyms & Similar Words grabs snatches catches seizes gets traps snags captures nets corrals snares hooks nabs bags grapples raps nails corners nobbles collars cops clutches holds ropes gloves bays gloms grasps secures grips fists arrests takes hold (of) snaps (up) wrests apprehends abducts lassos rends kidnaps detains clasps meshes enmeshes halters entraps entangles immeshes ensnares latches (on or onto) fastens (on) spirits (away or off) Antonyms & Near Antonyms misses releases discharges drops liberates frees loosens unhands See More
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