noun
                                                the land on which real estate is located
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - he built the house on land leased from the city
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - the land had never been plowed
- good agricultural soil
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                territory over which rule or control is exercised
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - his domain extended into Europe
- he made it the law of the land
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                the solid part of the earth's surface
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - 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
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                the territory occupied by a nation
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - he returned to the land of his birth
- he visited several European countries
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a domain in which something is dominant
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - the untroubled kingdom of reason
- a land of make-believe
- the rise of the realm of cotton in the south
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - the family owned a large estate on Long Island
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                the people who live in a nation or country
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - a statement that sums up the nation's mood
- the news was announced to the nation
- the whole country worshipped him
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a politically organized body of people under a single government
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - 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
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)
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                                                                                                                                                                        Din Land
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Edwin Herbert Land
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - farming is a strenuous life
- there's no work on the land any more
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                reach or come to rest
                                                                                                Synonyms
                                                
                                                                                                                                                                        set down
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - The bird landed on the highest branch
- The plane landed in Istanbul
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                cause to come to the ground
                                                                                                Synonyms
                                                
                                                                                                                                                                        put down
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                bring down
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - the pilot managed to land the airplane safely
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                bring into a different state
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - this may land you in jail
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                bring ashore
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                deliver (a blow)
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - He landed several blows on his opponent's head
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                arrive on shore
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - The ship landed in Pearl Harbor
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                shoot at and force to come down
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - the enemy landed several of our aircraft