- land
- [[t]læ̱nd[/t]]
♦1) N-UNCOUNT Land is an area of ground, especially one that is used for a particular purpose such as farming or building.
Good agricultural land is in short supply.
...160 acres of land.
...a small piece of grazing land.
2) N-COUNT: poss N You can refer to an area of land which someone owns as their land or their lands.Their home is on his father's land...
His lands were poorly farmed.
3) N-SING: the N If you talk about the land, you mean farming and the way of life in farming areas, in contrast to life in the cities.Living off the land was hard enough at the best of times.
4) N-UNCOUNT: also the N Land is the part of the world that consists of ground, rather than sea or air.It isn't clear whether the plane went down over land or sea.
...a stretch of sandy beach that was almost inaccessible from the land.
5) N-COUNT: with supp You can use land to refer to a country in a poetic or emotional way. [LITERARY]Her husband's body lies buried 2,000 miles away in a strange land.
...blessed lands of sun and sea and olive trees.
...America, land of opportunity.
...this land of free speech.
6) VERB When someone or something lands, they come down to the ground after moving through the air or falling.He was sent flying into the air and landed 20ft away...
Three mortar shells had landed close to a crowd of people.
7) V-ERG When someone lands a plane, ship, or spacecraft, or when it lands, it arrives somewhere after a journey.The jet landed after a flight of just under three hours...
[V n] He landed his troops on the western shore...
[V n] The crew finally landed the plane on its belly on the soft part of the runway.
8) VERB To land goods somewhere means to unload them there at the end of a journey, especially by ship. [mainly BRIT][V n] The vessels will have to land their catch at designated ports.
[V n] ...a five-man gang which landed the huge shipment on the Cornwall coast.
9) V-ERG If you land in an unpleasant situation or place or if something lands you in it, something causes you to be in it. [INFORMAL][V in n] He landed in a psychiatric ward...
[V n in n] This is not the first time his exploits have landed him in trouble.
10) VERB If someone or something lands you with a difficult situation, they cause you to have to deal with the difficulties involved. [mainly BRIT, INFORMAL][V n with n] The other options simply complicate the situation and could land him with more expense.
Syn:11) VERB If something lands somewhere, it arrives there unexpectedly, often causing problems. [INFORMAL][V prep/adv] Two days later the book had already landed on his desk...
[V prep/adv] This was the weekend that the war finally landed on their doorstep.
Syn:12) VERB If you land a fish, you succeed in catching it and getting it out of the water.[V n] One angler landed fish of 10 lb and 9 lb on the same day.
Syn:13) VERB If you land something that is difficult to get and that many people want, you are successful in getting it. [INFORMAL][V n] He landed a place on the graduate training scheme...
[V n n] His flair with hair soon landed him a part-time job at his local barbers.
Syn:14) V-ERG If someone lands a blow or punch or if their blow or punch lands, they hit someone.[V n prep] De Leon landed a punch on the Italian's mouth after the end of the eleventh round...
I could hear the blows landing as he appealed for help. [Also V n]
Phrasal Verbs:- land up
English dictionary. 2008.
