land
1. the land on which real estate is located (Freq. 22)
- he built the house on land leased from the city
• Hypernyms:
real property, real estate, realty, immovable
• Hyponyms:
farmstead, homestead, no man's land
2. material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) (Freq. 18)
- the land had never been plowed
- good agricultural soil
• Syn:
ground, soil
• Hypernyms:
object, physical object
• Hyponyms:
badlands, bottomland, bottom, coastland, cultivated land,
farmland, plowland, ploughland, tilled land, tillage, tilth,
overburden, permafrost, polder, rangeland, scablands, turf,
sod, sward, greensward, wetland
3. territory over which rule or control is exercised (Freq. 11)
- his domain extended into Europe
- he made it the law of the land
• Syn:
domain, demesne
• Hypernyms:
region
• Hyponyms:
archduchy, barony, duchy, dukedom, earldom,
emirate, empire, imperium, fiefdom, grand duchy, viscounty,
khanate, kingdom, realm, principality, princedom, sheikdom,
sheikhdom, suzerainty
• Part Holonyms:
country, state
4. the solid part of the earth's surface (Freq. 9)
- 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
• Syn:
dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma
• Derivationally related forms:
ground (for: ground), earth (for: earth)
• Hypernyms:
object, physical object
• Hyponyms:
archipelago, beachfront, cape, ness, coastal plain,
floor, foreland, forest, woodland, timberland, timber,
island, isthmus, landmass, land mass, mainland, neck,
neck, peninsula, plain, field, champaign,
slash, wonderland
• Instance Hyponyms:
America
• Part Holonyms:
Earth, earth, world, globe
5. the territory occupied by a nation (Freq. 7)
- he returned to the land of his birth
- he visited several European countries
• Syn:
country, state
• Hypernyms:
administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
• Hyponyms:
banana republic, fatherland, homeland, motherland, mother country,
country of origin, native land, buffer state, buffer country, kingdom, tax haven,
European country, European nation, African country, African nation, Asian country, Asian nation,
South American country, South American nation, North American country, North American nation, sultanate
• Instance Hyponyms:
Antigua and Barbuda, Cape Verde, Republic of Cape Verde, Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka,
Ceylon, Comoros, Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros, Cuba, Republic of Cuba, Haiti,
Republic of Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago,
Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus, Dominica, Commonwealth of Dominica, East Timor, Fiji,
Republic of Fiji, Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion,
Etruria, Australia, Commonwealth of Australia, Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, TT,
Marshall Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Republic of Kiribati, Nauru,
Republic of Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Independent State of Papua New Guinea, Bahamas, Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Bahama Islands,
Burkina Faso, Upper Volta, Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Grenada,
Maldives, Republic of Maldives, Malta, Republic of Malta, Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius,
New Zealand, Palau, Republic of Palau, Philippines, Republic of the Philippines, Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Christopher-Nevis, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Independent State of Samoa, Western Samoa, Samoa i Sisifo,
Sao Tome and Principe, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Tome e Principe, Sao Thome e Principe, St. Thomas and Principe, Seychelles,
Republic of Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Rus, Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,
USSR, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Ukrayina, Turkmenistan, Turkomen,
Turkmen, Turkmenia, Tonga, Kingdom of Tonga, Friendly Islands, Turkey,
Republic of Turkey, Vanuatu, Republic of Vanuatu, New Hebrides
• Member Meronyms:
department, state, province
• Part Meronyms:
domain, demesne, midland
6. the people who live in a nation or country (Freq. 2)
- a statement that sums up the nation's mood
- the news was announced to the nation
- the whole country worshipped him
• Syn:
nation, country
• Hypernyms:
people
• Hyponyms:
Dutch, Dutch people, British, British people, Brits,
English, English people, Irish, Irish people, French, French people,
Spanish, Spanish people, Swiss, Swiss people
• Member Meronyms:
national, subject
7. a domain in which something is dominant (Freq. 2)
- the untroubled kingdom of reason
- a land of make-believe
- the rise of the realm of cotton in the south
• Syn:
kingdom, realm
• Hypernyms:
sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
• Hyponyms:
lotusland, lotus land
8. extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use (Freq. 2)
- the family owned a large estate on Long Island
• Syn:
estate, landed estate, acres, demesne
• Hypernyms:
real property, real estate, realty, immovable
• Hyponyms:
freehold, glebe, leasehold, smallholding, homestead,
fief, feoff, barony, countryseat, Crown land, manor,
seigneury, seigniory, signory, hacienda, plantation, entail
9. a politically organized body of people under a single government (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Syn:
state, nation, country, commonwealth, res publica, body politic
• Hypernyms:
political unit, political entity
• Hyponyms:
commonwealth country, developing country, Dominion, foreign country, Reich,
rogue state, renegade state, rogue nation, suzerain, sea power, world power,
world power, great power, power, superpower, city state,
city-state, ally
• Instance Hyponyms:
Eelam, Tamil Eelam
• Part Meronyms:
estate of the realm, estate, the three estates
10. agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
- farming is a strenuous life
- there's no work on the land any more
• Syn:
farming
• Derivationally related forms:
farm (for: farming)
• Hypernyms:
occupation, business, job, line of work, line
1. reach or come to rest (Freq. 16)
- The bird landed on the highest branch
- The plane landed in Istanbul
• Syn:
set down
• Derivationally related forms:
lander, landing
• Hypernyms:
arrive, get, come
• Hyponyms:
alight, light, perch, force-land, beach,
port, disembark, debark, set down, touch down, undershoot,
belly-land, crash land
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- The airplane is sure to land
2. cause to come to the ground (Freq. 4)
- the pilot managed to land the airplane safely
• Syn:
put down, bring down
• Derivationally related forms:
landing
• Topics:
air travel, aviation, air
• Hypernyms:
arrive, get, come
• Cause:
set down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. bring into a different state (Freq. 3)
- this may land you in jail
• Syn:
bring
• See Also:
bring down (for: bring), bring up (for: bring)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
4. bring ashore (Freq. 2)
- The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island
• Derivationally related forms:
landing
• Hypernyms:
bring, convey, take
• Hyponyms:
ground, strand, run aground
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. deliver (a blow) (Freq. 1)
- He landed several blows on his opponent's head
• Hypernyms:
deliver, drive home
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
6. arrive on shore
- The ship landed in Pearl Harbor
• Syn:
set ashore, shore
• Derivationally related forms:
shore (for: shore), landing
• Hypernyms:
arrive, get, come
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
7. shoot at and force to come down
- the enemy landed several of our aircraft
• Syn:
down, shoot down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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