English > land: 18 senses > noun 2, object| Meaning | 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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| Example | "the land had never been plowed" |
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| Synonyms | ground, soil |
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| Narrower | badlands | Deeply eroded barren land |
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| bottomland, bottom | low-lying alluvial land near a river |
| coastland | Land in a coastal area |
| cultivated land, farmland, plowland, ploughland, tilled land, tillage, tilth | arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops |
| overburden | The surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits |
| permafrost | ground that is permanently frozen |
| polder | low-lying land that has been reclaimed and is protected by dikes (especially in the Netherlands) |
| rangeland | Land suitable for grazing livestock |
| scablands | (geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington) |
| turf, sod, sward, greensward | surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots |
| wetland | A low area where the land is saturated with water |
| Broader | object, physical object | A tangible and visible entity |
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| Spanish | suelo, tierra |
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| Catalan | sòl, terra, terreny |
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English > land: 18 senses > noun 4, object| Meaning | The solid part of the earth's surface. |
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| Example | "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land" |
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| Synonyms | dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma |
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| Instances | America | North America and South America and Central America |
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| Part of | Earth, earth, world, globe | The 3rd planet from the sun |
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| Narrower | archipelago | A group of many islands in a large body of water |
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| beachfront | A strip of land running along a beach |
| cape, ness | A strip of land projecting into a body of water |
| coastal plain | A plain adjacent to a coast |
| floor | The ground on which people and animals move about |
| foreland | Land forming the forward margin of something |
| forest, woodland, timberland, timber | Land that is covered with trees and shrubs |
| island | A land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water |
| isthmus | A relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger / larger land areas |
| landmass, land mass | A large continuous extent of land |
| mainland | The main land mass of a country or continent |
| neck | A narrow elongated projecting strip of land |
| oxbow | The land inside an oxbow bend in a river |
| peninsula | A large mass of land projecting into a body of water |
| plain, field, champaign | extensive tract of level open land |
| slash | An open tract of land in a forest / forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind) |
| wonderland | A place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder |
| Broader | object, physical object | A tangible and visible entity |
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| Spanish | suelo, terreno, tierra firme, tierra |
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| Catalan | sòl, terra ferma, terra |
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| Verbs | land | reach or come to rest |
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| land | cause to come to the ground |
| land | arrive on shore |
| land | bring ashore |
| land | shoot at and force to come down |
English > land: 18 senses > noun 5, location| Meaning | The territory occupied by a nation. |
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| Example | "he returned to the land of his birth" |
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| Synonyms | country, state |
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| Instances | Antigua and Barbuda | A country in the northern Leeward Islands |
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| Australia, Commonwealth of Australia | A nation occupying the whole / whole of the Australian continent |
| Bahamas, Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Bahama Islands | island country in the Atlantic to the east of Florida and Cuba |
| Barbados | A parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados |
| Burkina Faso, Upper Volta | A desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa |
| Cape Verde, Republic of Cape Verde | An island country in the Atlantic off the coast of Senegal |
| Comoros, Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros | A country on the Comoro Islands |
| Cuba, Republic of Cuba | A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba |
| Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus | A country on the island of Cyprus |
| Dominica, Commonwealth of Dominica | A country on the island of Dominica |
| Dominican Republic | A republic in the West Indies |
| East Timor | A former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in 1976 |
| Etruria | An ancient country in central Italy |
| Fiji, Republic of Fiji | An independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands |
| Grenada | An island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea |
| Haiti, Republic of Haiti | A republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola |
| Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia, Dutch East Indies | A republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands |
| Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion | Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean |
| Jamaica | A country on the island of Jamaica |
| Kiribati, Republic of Kiribati | An island republic in the west central Pacific just to the south of the equator |
| Maldives, Republic of Maldives | A republic on the Maldive Islands |
| Malta, Republic of Malta | A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean |
| Marshall Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands | A republic (under United States protection) on the Marshall Islands |
| Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius | A parliamentary state on the island of Mauritius |
| Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, TT | A country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States |
| Nauru, Republic of Nauru | An island republic on Nauru Island |
| New Zealand | An independent country within the British Commonwealth |
| Palau, Republic of Palau, TT | A republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States |
| Papua New Guinea, Independent State of Papua New Guinea | A parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea |
| Philippines, Republic of the Philippines | A republic on the Philippine Islands |
| Rus | The medieval Russian state established by Scandinavian traders in the 9th century |
| Russia, Russian Federation | A federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis, Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Christopher-Nevis, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis | A country on several of the Leeward Islands |
| Saint Lucia, St. Lucia | A country on the island of Saint Lucia |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Vincent and the Grenadines | An island country in the central Windward Islands |
| Samoa, Independent State of Samoa, Western Samoa, Samoa i Sisifo | A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific |
| Sao Tome and Principe, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Tome e Principe, Sao Thome e Principe, St. Thomas and Principe | island nation in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa |
| Seychelles, Republic of Seychelles | A republic on the Seychelles islands |
| Solomon Islands | The southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth |
| Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR | A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia |
| Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon | A republic on the island of Ceylon |
| Tonga, Kingdom of Tonga, Friendly Islands | A monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific |
| Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago | An island republic in the West Indies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela |
| Turkey, Republic of Turkey | A Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans |
| Turkmenistan, Turkomen, Turkmen, Turkmenia | A republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran |
| Tuvalu | A small island republic on the Tuvalu islands |
| Ukraine, Ukrayina | A republic in southeastern Europe |
| Vanuatu, Republic of Vanuatu, New Hebrides | A volcanic island republic in Melanesia |
| Members | department | The territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France) |
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| state, province | The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation |
| Parts | domain, demesne, land | territory over which rule or control is exercised |
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| midland | The interior part of a country |
| Narrower | African country, African nation | Any one of the countries occupying the African continent |
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| Asian country, Asian nation | Any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent |
| European country, European nation | Any one of the countries occupying the European continent |
| North American country, North American nation | Any country on the North American continent |
| South American country, South American nation | Any one of the countries occupying the South American continent |
| banana republic | A small country (especially in Central America) that is politically unstable / unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export (such as bananas) |
| buffer state, buffer country | A small neutral state between two rival powers |
| fatherland, homeland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, native land | The country where you were born |
| kingdom | A country with a king as head of state |
| sultanate | country or territory ruled by a sultan |
| tax haven | A country or independent region where taxes are low |
| Broader | administrative district, administrative division, territorial division | A district defined for administrative purposes |
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| Spanish | estado, nación, país, tierra |
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| Catalan | estat, nació, país, terra |
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English > land: 18 senses > noun 7, possession| Meaning | extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use. |
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| Example | "the family owned a large estate on Long Island" |
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| Synonyms | estate, landed estate, acres, demesne |
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| Narrower | Crown land | Land that belongs to the Crown |
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| barony | The estate of a baron / baron |
| countryseat | An estate in the country |
| entail | Land received by fee tail |
| fief, feoff | A piece of land held under the feudal system |
| freehold | An estate held in fee simple or for life |
| glebe | Plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office |
| hacienda | A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries |
| homestead | Land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law |
| leasehold | Land or property held under a lease |
| manor | The landed estate of a lord (including the house on it) |
| plantation | An estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas) |
| seigneury, seigniory, signory | The estate of a seigneur |
| smallholding | A piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation |
| Broader | real property, real estate, realty, immovable | Property consisting of houses and land |
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| Spanish | dominio, finca, hacienda, terreno, tierra |
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| Catalan | acres, béns, finca, hisenda, terra, terreny |
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English > land: 18 senses > noun 9, group| Meaning | A politically organized body of people under a single government. |
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| Example | "an industrialized land" |
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| Synonyms | state, nation, country, commonwealth, res publica, body politic |
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| Instances | Eelam, Tamil Eelam | The independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for |
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| Parts | estate of the realm, estate, the three estates | A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights |
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| Narrower | Dominion | One of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth |
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| Reich | The German state |
| ally | A friendly nation |
| city state, city-state | A state consisting of a sovereign city |
| commonwealth country | Any of the countries in the British Commonwealth |
| developing country | A country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically |
| foreign country | Any state of which one is not a citizen |
| rogue state, renegade state, rogue nation | A state that does not respect other states in its international actions |
| sea power | A nation that possesses formidable naval strength |
| suzerain | A state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign / foreign affairs |
| world power, major power, great power, power, superpower | A state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world |
| Broader | political unit, political entity | A unit with political responsibilities |
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| Spanish | estado, nación, país, república, res publica |
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| Catalan | estat, nació, país, república, res publica, terra |
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