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- [land]
- /lænd/
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- [land]
- /lænd/
Definitions of land word
- noun land Edwin Herbert, 1909–91, U.S. inventor and businessman: created the Polaroid camera. 1
- verb with object land to bring to or set on land: to land passengers or goods from a ship; to land an airplane. 1
- verb with object land to bring into or cause to arrive in a particular place, position, or condition: His behavior will land him in jail. 1
- verb with object land Informal. to catch or capture; gain; win: to land a job. 1
- verb with object land Angling. to bring (a fish) to land, or into a boat, etc., as with a hook or a net. 1
- verb without object land to come to land or shore: The boat lands at Cherbourg. 1
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Origin of land
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English (noun and v.), Old English (noun); cognate with Dutch, German, Old Norse, Gothic land; akin to Irish lann, Welsh llan church (orig. enclosure), Breton lann heath. See lawn1
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Parts of speech for Land
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
land popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
land usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for land
noun land
- soil — the act or fact of soiling.
- terrain — a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- home — Lord, Douglas-Home.
- earth — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- continent — A continent is a very large area of land, such as Africa or Asia, that consists of several countries.
verb land
- dock — any of various weedy plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, as R. obtusifolius (bitter dock) or R. acetosa (sour dock) having long taproots.
- settle — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- berth — A berth is a bed on a boat, train, or caravan.
- alight — If something is alight, it is burning.
- thump — a blow with something thick and heavy, producing a dull sound; a heavy knock.
adjective land
- terrestrial — pertaining to, consisting of, or representing the earth as distinct from other planets.
- agrarian — Agrarian means relating to the ownership and use of land, especially farmland, or relating to the part of a society or economy that is concerned with agriculture.
- agronomical — the science of soil management and the production of field crops.
- horticultural — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- aggie — an agricultural student
Antonyms for land
noun land
verb land
- ascend — If you ascend a hill or staircase, you go up it.
- take off — the act of taking.
- fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- forfeit — a fine; penalty.
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