land
Abbr. l.
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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. An area or a realm: the land of make-believe; the land of television.
6. Law. a. A tract that may be owned, together with everything growing or constructed on it. b. A landed estate.
7. The raised portion of a grooved surface, as on a phonograph record.
verb
landed
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.
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.
4. To come to rest in a certain way or place: land on one's feet.
[Middle English, from Old English.]