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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. 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").
4. domain, demesne, land -- (territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land").
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, a people -- (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 -- (working the land as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more").

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").

1. land(prenominal) (vs. sea) (vs. air) -- (relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land; "land vehicles").
2. terrestrial (vs. amphibious) (vs. aquatic), land(prenominal) -- (operating or living or growing on land).

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