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Definition: Meaning of, land in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / land /

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land lands
  1. ground [uncountable] an area of ground, especially when used for farming or building
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  2. not sea [uncountable] the solid dry part of the Earth's surface
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  3. country [countable] literary a country or area
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  4. not city the land the countryside thought of as a place where people grow food
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  5. property [uncountable] the area of land that someone owns
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  6. see/find out how the land lies spoken to try to discover what the situation really is before you make a decision
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  7. in the land of the living spoken awake - used humorously
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  8. the land of milk and honey an imaginary place where life is easy and pleasant
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  9. (in) the land of nod old-fashioned asleep
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land landed landed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
landing lands
  1. plane/bird/insect [intransitive] if a plane, bird, or insect lands, it moves safely down onto the ground
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  2. plane/bird/insect [transitive] to make a plane move safely down onto the ground at the end of a journey
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  3. arrive by boat/plane [intransitive] to arrive somewhere in a plane, boat etc
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  4. fall/come down [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to come down through the air onto something [=  drop]
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  5. goods/people [transitive] if a boat or aircraft lands people or goods, it brings them to a place, and the people get out or the goods are carried out
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  6. job/contract etc [transitive] informal to succeed in getting a job, contract etc that was difficult to get
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  7. land somebody in trouble/hospital/court etc to cause someone to have serious problems or be in a difficult situation
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  8. land somebody in it British English spoken informal to get someone into trouble by telling other people that they did something wrong [=  drop somebody in it]
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  9. problems [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to arrive unexpectedly, and cause problems
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  10. land a punch/blow etc to succeed in hitting someone
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  11. land on your feet to get into a good situation again, after having problems
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  12. catch fish [transitive] to catch a fish
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Land


Definition: Meaning of, Land in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / land;lant /

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  1. 1909-1991 united States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process
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Land used in phrases

  • Adelie Land (noun)
    1. a costal region of Antarctica to the south of Australia; noted for its large colonies of penguins
  • Coats Land (noun)
    1. a region of western Antarctica along the southeastern shore of the Weddell Sea
  • Crown land (noun)
    1. land that belongs to the Crown
  • Din Land (noun)
    1. 1909-1991 united States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process
  • Edwin Herbert Land (noun)
    1. 1909-1991 united States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process
  • Enderby Land (noun)
    1. a region of Antarctica between Queen Maud Land and Wilkes Land; claimed by Australia
  • Holy Land (noun)
    1. the Holy Land the parts of the Middle East where most of the events mentioned in the Bible happened
  • La-la Land
    1. another name for LOS ANGELES, used to mean that the people who live there are slightly crazy
    2. in La-la Land if you say that someone is in La-la Land, you mean that they are slightly crazy
  • Land Rover
    1. trademark a type of strong British car made for travelling over rough ground
  • Land of Enchantment (noun)
    1. a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border
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Land used in phrasal verbs

  • land on (phrasal verb)
    1. land on someone to criticize someone severely
  • land up (phrasal verb)
    1. to finally arrive at a place or situation after a series of events
  • land with (phrasal verb)
    1. land someone with something to give someone an unpleasant job that no one else wants to do
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