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land

English

  1. 🔊 the solid part of the earth's surface
    “the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land”
  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”
  3. 🔊 United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)
  4. 🔊 the land on which real estate is located
    “he built the house on land leased from the city”
  5. 🔊 agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
    “farming is a strenuous life”
  6. 🔊 the people who live in a nation or country
    “a statement that sums up the nation's mood”
  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”
  8. 🔊 a domain in which something is dominant
    “the untroubled kingdom of reason”
  9. 🔊 the territory occupied by a nation
    “he returned to the land of his birth”
  10. 🔊 territory over which rule or control is exercised
    “his domain extended into Europe”
  11. 🔊 a politically organized body of people under a single government
    “the state has elected a new president”
  12. 🔊 reach or come to rest
    “The bird landed on the highest branch”
  13. 🔊 cause to come to the ground
    “the pilot managed to land the airplane safely”
  14. 🔊 arrive on shore
    “The ship landed in Pearl Harbor”
  15. 🔊 bring ashore
    “The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island”
  16. 🔊 deliver (a blow)
    “He landed several blows on his opponent's head”
  17. 🔊 bring into a different state
    “this may land you in jail”
  18. 🔊 shoot at and force to come down
    “the enemy landed several of our aircraft”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 aterrar to land
  2. 🔊 terreno land, ground
  3. 🔊 acostar to land, put in, berth
  4. 🔊 tierra land, terrain (reserved for growing crops)
  5. 🔊 tierra land, country, nation, territory (country or region)
  6. 🔊 tierra land, terrain (an area of land or the particular features of it)
  7. 🔊 tierra land, ground (Earth surface not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)

Similar words

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