"lands" in the noun sense
1. land
the land on which real estate is located
"he built the house on land leased from the city"
2. land, ground, soil
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"
3. domain, demesne, land
territory over which rule or control is exercised
"his domain extended into Europe"
"he made it the law of the land"
4. land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma
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"
5. country, state, land
the territory occupied by a nation
"he returned to the land of his birth"
"he visited several European countries"
6. kingdom, land, realm
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"
7. estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne
extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
"the family owned a large estate on Long Island"
8. nation, land, country
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"
9. state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic
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"
10. Land, Din Land, Edwin Herbert Land
United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)
11. farming, land
agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
"farming is a strenuous life"
"there's no work on the land any more"
"lands" in the verb sense
1. land, set down
reach or come to rest
"The bird landed on the highest branch"
"The plane landed in Istanbul"
2. land, put down, bring down
cause to come to the ground
"the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
3. bring, land
bring into a different state
"this may land you in jail"
4. land
bring ashore
"The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"
5. land
deliver (a blow
"He landed several blows on his opponent's head"
6. land, set ashore, shore
arrive on shore
"The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"
7. down, shoot down, land
shoot at and force to come down
"the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
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