ALL meanings of lands
land
L l - noun lands any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow's nest. 1
- noun lands an area of ground with reference to its nature or composition: arable land. 1
- noun lands an area of ground with specific boundaries: to buy land on which to build a house. 1
- noun lands rural or farming areas, as contrasted with urban areas: They left the land for the city. 1
- noun lands Law. any part of the earth's surface that can be owned as property, and everything annexed to it, whether by nature or by the human hand. any legal interest held in land. 1
- noun lands Economics. natural resources as a factor of production. 1
- noun lands a part of the surface of the earth marked off by natural or political boundaries or the like; a region or country: They came from many lands. 1
- noun lands the people of a region or country. 1
- noun lands Audio. the flat surface between the grooves of a phonograph record. 1
- noun lands a realm or domain: the land of the living. 1
- noun lands a surface between furrows, as on a millstone or on the interior of a rifle barrel. 1
- noun lands Scot. a tenement house. 1
- verb with object lands to bring to or set on land: to land passengers or goods from a ship; to land an airplane. 1
- verb with object lands to bring into or cause to arrive in a particular place, position, or condition: His behavior will land him in jail. 1
- verb with object lands Informal. to catch or capture; gain; win: to land a job. 1
- verb with object lands Angling. to bring (a fish) to land, or into a boat, etc., as with a hook or a net. 1
- verb without object lands to come to land or shore: The boat lands at Cherbourg. 1
- verb without object lands to go or come ashore from a ship or boat. 1
- verb without object lands to alight upon a surface, as the ground, a body of water, or the like: to land on both feet. 1
- verb without object lands to hit or strike the ground, as from a height: The ball landed at the far side of the court. 1
- verb without object lands to strike and come to rest on a surface or in something: The golf ball landed in the lake. 1
- verb without object lands to come to rest or arrive in a particular place, position, or condition (sometimes followed by up): to land in trouble; to land up 40 miles from home. 1
- idioms lands land / fall on one's feet. feet (def 3). 1
- idioms lands see how the land lies, to investigate in advance; inform oneself of the facts of a situation before acting: You should see how the land lies before making a formal proposal. Compare lay of the land. 1
- noun lands Plural form of land. 1
- noun lands plural of land. 0
- verb lands third-person singular simple present indicative form of land. 0
- noun plural lands holdings in land 0
- noun plural lands the part of a farm on which crops are grown 0