LAND as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • working the land as an occupation or way of life
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • farming is a strenuous life
    • there’’s no work on the land any more
    Hypernyms(s) land is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • the people who live in a nation or country
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • a statement that sums up the nation’’s mood
    • the news was announced to the nation
    • the whole country worshipped him
    Hypernyms(s) land is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  3. Meaning
    • a politically organized body of people under a single government
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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
    Hypernyms(s) land is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  4. Meaning
    • the territory occupied by a nation
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • he returned to the land of his birth
    • he visited several European countries
    Hypernyms(s) land is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  5. Meaning
    • territory over which rule or control is exercised
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • his domain extended into Europe
    • he made it the law of the land
    Hypernyms(s) land is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  6. Meaning
    • the solid part of the earth’’s surface
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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
    Hypernyms(s) land is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  7. Meaning
    • material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the land had never been plowed
    • good agricultural soil
    Hypernyms(s) land is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  8. Meaning
    • United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one-step photographic process (1909-1991)
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) Land is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  9. Meaning
    • extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the family owned a large estate on Long Island
    Hypernyms(s) land is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  10. Meaning
    • the land on which real estate is located
    Usage Example(s)
    • he built the house on land leased from the city
    Hypernyms(s) land is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  11. Meaning
    • a domain in which something is dominant
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the untroubled kingdom of reason
    • a land of make-believe
    • the rise of the realm of cotton in the south
    Hypernyms(s) land is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)

LAND as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • bring into a different state
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • this may land you in jail
    Hypernyms(s) land is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower See Also
  2. Meaning
    • reach or come to rest
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The bird landed on the highest branch
    • The plane landed in Istanbul
    Hypernyms(s) land is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • cause to come to the ground
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the pilot managed to land the airplane safely
    Hypernyms(s) land is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Cause(s) Derived(s)
  4. Meaning
    • shoot at and force to come down
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the enemy landed several of our aircraft
    Derived(s)
  5. Meaning
    • arrive on shore
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The ship landed in Pearl Harbor
    Hypernyms(s) land is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  6. Meaning
    • bring ashore
    Usage Example(s)
    • The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island
    Hypernyms(s) land is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  7. Meaning
    • deliver (a blow)
    Usage Example(s)
    • He landed several blows on his opponent’’s head
    Hypernyms(s) land is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower