land
Definitions
- The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
- lant; urine
- A surname from Middle English.
- land, ground (the part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)
- Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected.
- Edwin Herbert, 1909–91, U.S. inventor and physicist.
- earth, soil (the unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth)
- A country or region.
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the practice of extensive or permanent absence from their property by owners. — absentee, n. n
- land, terrain (an area of land or the particular features of it)
- A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
- the llth-century Anglo-Saxon estate system in which absolute possession was invested in the holder. — alodialist, allodialist, alodiary, allodiary, n.
- land, terrain (reserved for growing crops)
- The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
- British, Obsolete, a form of land tenure under which land was held in return for payment of a fixed sum of money in rent or for rendering of service. Also called socage.
- homeland (one's country of birth)
- Realm, domain.
- surveying for the purpose of showing boundary and property lines.
- The ground left unploughed between furrows.
- the science of land surveying.
- Any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.
- the practice of purchasing land for another person who is not legally entitled to do so.
- A shock or fright.
- the right one landowner has been granted over the land of another, as the right of access to water, right of way, etc., at no charge.
- A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
- Obsolete, the science of surveying.
- On a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
- a European system flourishing between 800-1400 based upon fixed relations of lord to vassal and all lands held in fee (as from the king), and requiring of vassal-tenants homage and service. Also feudality. — feudal, feudalistic, adj.
- The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
- The ground or floor.
- The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.
- In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows.
- The space between the rifling grooves in a gun.
- A group of dwellings or tenements under one roof and having a common entry.
Conjugation
Browse the table or drill it — all tenses, moods, and persons of land.
Equivalents
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Afrikaansland
Azərbaycan dilienmək
བོད་སྐད།འབབ་པ
BosanskialaimanjekarakopnenikopnokrajkrajinalupaorsagprediopristatirusagšalištaraterenTirvlastzemljazemljišteземљаземљиштеимањекопненикопнокрајстранасушатерен
Vosa Vakavitivanua
ગુજરાતીજમીન
HrvatskialaimanjekarakopnenikopnokrajkrajinalupaorsagprediopristatirusagšalištaraterenTirvlastzemljazemljišteземљаземљиштеимањекопненикопнокрајстранасушатерен
Igboala
LëtzebuergeschLand
Latviešuzeme
МакедонскиЗемја
Maltiart
नेपालीजमिन
ਪੰਜਾਬੀਜ਼ਮੀਨ
Русскийвыгружатьвыгрузитьвысадитьвысаживатьземе́льная со́бственностьземлиземлякрайнедвижимостьпо́ле наре́заприземли́тьприземлитьсяприземля́тьприземлятьсястранасуша
Ikinyarwandaigihugu
سنڌيملڪ
СрпскиalaimanjekarakopnenikopnokrajkrajinalupaorsagprediopristatirusagšalištaraterenTirvlastzemljazemljišteземљаземљиштеимањекопненикопнокрајстранасушатерен
Sesothonaha
తెలుగుభూమి
Examples
“Most insects live⟳ on land⟳.”
“There are 50 acres of land⟳ in this estate.”
“They come⟳ from a faraway land⟳.”
“wet⟳ land⟳”
“good or bad land⟳ for growing potatoes”
“I'm going to Disneyland.”
“Maybe that's how it works in TV-land, but not in the real world.”
“He got an awful land⟳ when the police arrived.”
“Now, assume⟳ that the recording is being done with 100 grooves per inch, and that the record⟳ groove is .006 inch wide. This means that the land⟳ on either side on any given groove in the absence of sound⟳ waves is .004 inch.”
“Our city offices sell⟳ a lot more land⟳ than our suburban offices.”
“her selfe vppon the land⟳ / She did prostrate”
“The FBI maintains a database, the General Rifling Characteristics (GRC) file⟳, which is organized by caliber, number⟳ of lands and grooves, direction of twist⟳, and width of lands and grooves, to help⟳ an examiner figure⟳ out the origin of a recovered bullet.”
“The human eye is a precision instrument. It can detect⟳ grooves and lands on a slug more efficiently than any computer.”
“After the success of Secret of Monkey Island (1990), composer Michael Land⟳ longed for a more flexible system to integrate his music into a game.”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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