[syn: down, shoot down, land]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Land \Land\ (l[a^]nd), n.
Urine. See Lant. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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They turn their heads to sea, their sterns to land.
--Dryden.
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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.
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Go view the land, even Jericho. --Josh. ii. 1.
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Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men decay. --Goldsmith.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Land \Land\, v. i.
1. To come to the end of a course; to arrive at a
destination, literally or figuratively; as, he landed in
trouble; after hithchiking for a week, he landed in Los
Angeles.
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2. Specifically: To go on shore from a ship or boat; to
disembark.
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3. Specifically: To reach and come to rest on land after
having been in the air; as, the arrow landed in a flower
bed; the golf ball landed in a sand trap; our airplane
landed in Washington.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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I 'll undertake to land them on our coast. --Shak.
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2. To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a
fish.
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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.
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4. Specifically: (Aeronautics) To pilot (an airplane) from
the air onto the land; as, to land the plane on a highway.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
land
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: land, ground, soil]
3: territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his
domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the
land" [syn: domain, demesne, land]
4: 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:
land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra
firma]
5: the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land
of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" [syn:
country, state, land]
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, land,
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, land, 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,
land, country]
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, land,
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: 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, land]
v 1: reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest
branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul" [syn: land, set
down]
2: cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the
airplane safely" [syn: land, put down, bring down]
3: bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"
[syn: bring, land]
4: bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the
beach of the island"
5: deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's
head"
6: arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor" [syn:
land, set ashore, shore]
7: shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of
our aircraft" [syn: down, shoot down, land]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
LAND, n. A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The
theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control
is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the
superstructure. Carried to its logical conclusion, it means that some
have the right to prevent others from living; for the right to own
implies the right exclusively to occupy; and in fact laws of trespass
are enacted wherever property in land is recognized. It follows that
if the whole area of _terra firma_ is owned by A, B and C, there will
be no place for D, E, F and G to be born, or, born as trespassers, to
exist.
A life on the ocean wave,
A home on the rolling deep,
For the spark the nature gave
I have there the right to keep.
They give me the cat-o'-nine
Whenever I go ashore.
Then ho! for the flashing brine --
I'm a natural commodore!
Dodle