land (l?nd)n.1. The solid ground of the earth.2. a. Ground or soil: tilled the land.b. A topographically or functionally distinct tract: desert land; prime building land.3. a. A nation; a country.b. The people of a nation, district, or region.c. lands Territorial possessions or property.4. Public or private landed property; real estate.5. Law The solid material of the earth as well as the natural and manmade things attached to it and the rights and interests associated with it.6. a. An agricultural or farming area: wanted to buy a house on the land.b. Farming considered as a way of life.7. An area or realm: the land of make-believe; the land of television.8. The raised portion of a grooved surface, as on a phonograph record.v. land·ed, land·ing, lands v.tr.1. a. To bring to and unload on land: land cargo.b. To set (a vehicle) down on land or another surface: land an airplane smoothly; land a seaplane on a lake.2. Informal To cause to arrive in a place or condition: Civil disobedience will land you in jail.3. a. To catch and pull in (a fish): landed a big catfish.b. Informal To win; secure: land a big contract.4. Informal To deliver: landed a blow on his opponent’s head.v.intr.1. a. To come to shore: landed against the current with great difficulty.b. To disembark: landed at a crowded dock.2. To descend toward and settle onto the ground or another surface: The helicopter has landed.3. Informal To arrive in a place or condition: landed at the theater too late for the opening curtain; landed in trouble for being late.4. To come to rest in a certain way or place: slipped and landed on his shoulder.[Middle English, from Old English; see lendh- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.land (lænd) n1. (Physical Geography) the solid part of the surface of the earth as distinct from seas, lakes, etc. 2. (Physical Geography) a. ground, esp with reference to its use, quality, etcb. (in combination): land-grabber. 3. (Agriculture) rural or agricultural areas as contrasted with urban ones4. (Agriculture) farming as an occupation or way of life5. (Law) law a. any tract of ground capable of being owned as property, together with any buildings on it, extending above and below the surfaceb. any hereditament, tenement, or other interest; realty6. (Human Geography) a. a country, region, or areab. the people of a country, etc7. a realm, sphere, or domain8. (Economics) economics the factor of production consisting of all natural resources9. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) the unindented part of a grooved surface, esp one of the ridges inside a rifle bore10. the unindented part of a grooved surface, esp one of the ridges inside a rifle bore11. how the land lies the prevailing conditions or state of affairsvb12. to transfer (something) or go from a ship or boat to the shore: land the cargo. 13. (Nautical Terms) (intr) to come to or touch shore14. to come down or bring (something) down to earth after a flight or jump15. to come or bring to some point, condition, or state16. (Angling) (tr) angling to retrieve (a hooked fish) from the water17. (tr) informal to win or obtain: to land a job. 18. (tr) informal to deliver (a blow)[Old English; compare Old Norse, Gothic land, Old High German lant] ?landless adj ?landlessness nLand (lænd) n (Biography) Edwin Herbert. 1909?91, US inventor of the Polaroid Land cameraLand (lant) n, pl Länder (?l?nd?r) (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a. any of the federal states of Germanyb. any of the provinces of AustriaCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014land (lænd) n. 1. any part of the earth’s surface, as a continent or an island, not covered by a body of water. 2. an area of ground with reference to its nature or composition: arable land. 3. an area of ground with specific boundaries: to buy land in Florida. 4. rural or farming areas, as contrasted with urban areas: They left the land for the city. 5. Law. any part of the earth’s surface that can be owned as property, and everything annexed to it. 6. a part of the earth’s surface marked off by natural or political boundaries or the like; a region or country: They came from many lands. 7. the people of a region or country. 8. a realm or domain: the land of the living. 9. a surface between furrows, as on the interior of a rifle barrel. v.t. 10. to bring to or set on land. 11. to bring into or cause to arrive in a particular place, position, or condition: His behavior will land him in jail. 12. Informal. to catch or capture; win: to land a job. 13. to bring (a fish) onto land or into a boat, as with a hook or a net. v.i. 14. to come to land or shore: The boat lands at Cherbourg. 15. to go or come ashore from a ship or boat. 16. to alight upon or strike a surface, as the ground or a body of water: The plane landed on time. 17. to come to rest or arrive in a particular place, position, or condition (sometimes fol. by up): to land in trouble; to land up 40 miles from home. [before 900; Middle English, Old English, c. Old Saxon, Old Norse, Gothic land, Old High German lant] Land (lænd) n. Edwin Herbert, 1909?91, U.S. inventor and physicist. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.LandSee also earth; soil absenteeismthe practice of extensive or permanent absence from their property by owners. ? absentee, n.alodialism, allodialismthe llth-century Anglo-Saxon estate system in which absolute possession was invested in the holder. ? alodialist, allodialist, alodiary, allodiary, n.burgageBritish, Obsolete, a form of land tenure under which land was held in return for payment of a fixed sum of money in rent or for rendering of service. Also called socage.cadastrationsurveying for the purpose of showing boundary and property lines.chorometrythe science of land surveying.dummyismthe practice of purchasing land for another person who is not legally entitled to do so.easementthe right one landowner has been granted over the land of another, as the right of access to water, right of way, etc., at no charge.embadometryObsolete, the science of surveying.feudalisma European system flourishing between 800-1400 based upon fixed relations of lord to vassal and all lands held in fee (as from the king), and requiring of vassal-tenants homage and service. Also feudality. ? feudal, feudalistic, adj.fiefdomMedieval History. the land over which a person exercises control after vows of vassalage and service to an overlord. See feudalism.gromaticsthe science of surveying. ? gromatic, adj.photogrammetrythe use of photography for surveying or map-making.phototopographysurveying or map-making by means of photography. ? phototopographic, phototopographical, adj.socageburgage.stadiaa system of surveying in which distances are measured by reading intervals on a graduated rod intercepted by two parallel cross hairs in the telescope of a surveying instrument. ? stadia, adj.theodolitea surveying instrument for measuring vertical and horizontal angles. ? theodolitic, adj.-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.landPast participle: landedGerund: landingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativelandlandPresentI landyou landhe/she/it landswe landyou landthey landPreteriteI landedyou landedhe/she/it landedwe landedyou landedthey landedPresent ContinuousI am landingyou are landinghe/she/it is landingwe are landingyou are landingthey are landingPresent PerfectI have landedyou have landedhe/she/it has landedwe have landedyou have landedthey have landedPast ContinuousI was landingyou were landinghe/she/it was landingwe were landingyou were landingthey were landingPast PerfectI had landedyou had landedhe/she/it had landedwe had landedyou had landedthey had landedFutureI will landyou will landhe/she/it will landwe will landyou will landthey will landFuture PerfectI will have landedyou will have landedhe/she/it will have landedwe will have landedyou will have landedthey will have landedFuture ContinuousI will be landingyou will be landinghe/she/it will be landingwe will be landingyou will be landingthey will be landingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been landingyou have been landinghe/she/it has been landingwe have been landingyou have been landingthey have been landingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been landingyou will have been landinghe/she/it will have been landingwe will have been landingyou will have been landingthey will have been landingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been landingyou had been landinghe/she/it had been landingwe had been landingyou had been landingthey had been landingConditionalI would landyou would landhe/she/it would landwe would landyou would landthey would landPast ConditionalI would have landedyou would have landedhe/she/it would have landedwe would have landedyou would have landedthey would have landedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011