Land

English Meaning

Urine. See Lant.

1. The solid ground of the earth.
2. Ground or soil: tilled the land.
3. A topographically or functionally distinct tract: desert land; prime building land.
4. A nation; a country.
5. The people of a nation, district, or region.
6. Territorial possessions or property.
7. Public or private landed property; real estate.
8. Law A tract that may be owned, together with everything growing or constructed on it.
9. Law A landed estate.
10. An agricultural or farming area: wanted to buy a house on the land.
11. Farming considered as a way of life: "The 'back to the land movement' began a couple years ago at the peak of South Korea's economic development and has roots in environmentalism and Buddhist philosophy.” ( Michael Baker).
12. An area or realm: the land of make-believe; the land of television.
13. The raised portion of a grooved surface, as on a phonograph record.
14. To bring to and unload on land: land cargo.
15. To set (a vehicle) down on land or another surface: land an airplane smoothly; land a seaplane on a lake.
16. Informal To cause to arrive in a place or condition: Civil disobedience will land you in jail.
17. To catch and pull in (a fish): landed a big catfish.
18. Informal To win; secure: land a big contract.
19. Informal To deliver: landed a blow on his opponent's head.
20. To come to shore: landed against the current with great difficulty.
21. To disembark: landed at a crowded dock.
22. To descend toward and settle onto the ground or another surface: The helicopter has landed.
23. Informal To arrive in a place or condition: landed at the theater too late for the opening curtain; landed in trouble for being late.
24. To come to rest in a certain way or place: slipped and landed on his shoulder.