Hypertext Webster Gateway: "land"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Land \Land\, v. i.
To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to come to
the end of a course.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Land \Land\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Landed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Landing}.]
1. To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft;
to disembark; to debark.
I 'll undertake top land them on our coast. --Shak.
2. To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a
fish.
3. To set down after conveying; to cause to fall, alight, or
reach; to bring to the end of a course; as, he landed the
quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and landed
in the mud; to land one in difficulties or mistakes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Land \Land\, n.
Urine. See {Lant}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Land \Land\, n. [AS. land, lond; akin to D., G., Icel., Sw.,
Dan., and Goth. land. ]
1. The solid part of the surface of the earth; -- opposed to
water as constituting a part of such surface, especially
to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage.
They turn their heads to sea, their sterns to land.
--Dryden.
2. Any portion, large or small, of the surface of the earth,
considered by itself, or as belonging to an individual or
a people, as a country, estate, farm, or tract.
Go view the land, even Jericho. --Josh. ii. 1.
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where
wealth accumulates and men decay. --Goldsmith.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
land
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land; "land
vehicles" [syn: {land(a)}] [ant: {sea(a)}, {air(a)}]
2: operating or living or growing on land [syn: {terrestrial},
{land(a)}] [ant: {amphibious}, {aquatic}]
n 1: the land on which real estate is located; "he built the
house on land leased from the city"
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); "the land had never been plowed"; "good
agricultural soil" [syn: {ground}, {soil}]
3: the solid part of the earth's surface; "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}]
4: territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his
domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the
land" [syn: {domain}, {demesne}]
5: the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land
of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
[syn: {country}, {state}]
6: a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled
kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of
the realm of cotton in the south" [syn: {kingdom}, {realm}]
7: extensive landed property (especially in the country)
retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a
large estate on Long Island" [syn: {estate}, {landed
estate}, {acres}, {demesne}]
8: the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement
that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced
to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" [syn: {nation},
{country}, {a people}]
9: a politically organized body of people under a single
government; "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}]
10: United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into
lenses and invented the one-step photographic process
(1909-1991) [syn: {Land}, {Din Land}, {Edwin Herbert Land}]
11: working the land as an occupation or way of life; "farming
is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any
more" [syn: {farming}]
v 1: reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest
branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul" [syn: {set down}]
2: cause to come to the ground; of aircraft [syn: {put down}, {bring
down}]
3: bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"
[syn: {bring}]
4: bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the
beach of the island"
5: deliver, as of a blow; "He landed several blows on his
opponent's head"
6: arrive on shore; of ships [syn: {set ashore}, {shore}]
7: shoot at and force to come down; of aircraft [syn: {down}, {shoot
down}]
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