land: signification et définitions

The solid ground of the earth.

Ground or soil: tilled the land.

A topographically or functionally distinct tract: desert land; prime building land.

A nation; a country.

The people of a nation, district, or region.

Territorial possessions or property.

Public or private landed property; real estate.

Law A tract that may be owned, together with everything growing or constructed on it.

Law A landed estate.

An agricultural or farming area: wanted to buy a house on the land.

Farming considered as a way of life: "The 'back to the land movement' began a couple years ago at the peak of South Korea's economic development and has roots in environmentalism and Buddhist philosophy.” ( Michael Baker).

An area or realm: the land of make-believe; the land of television.

The raised portion of a grooved surface, as on a phonograph record.

To bring to and unload on land: land cargo.

To set (a vehicle) down on land or another surface: land an airplane smoothly; land a seaplane on a lake.

Informal To cause to arrive in a place or condition: Civil disobedience will land you in jail.

To catch and pull in (a fish): landed a big catfish.

Informal To win; secure: land a big contract.

Informal To deliver: landed a blow on his opponent's head.

To come to shore: landed against the current with great difficulty.

To disembark: landed at a crowded dock.

To descend toward and settle onto the ground or another surface: The helicopter has landed.

Informal To arrive in a place or condition: landed at the theater too late for the opening curtain; landed in trouble for being late.

To come to rest in a certain way or place: slipped and landed on his shoulder.