landnoun
uk/lænd/us/lænd/land noun (DRY SURFACE)
B2 [ U ] the surface of the earth that is not covered by water:
B1 [ U ] an area of ground, especially when used for a particular purpose such as farming or building:
farms, farming, and the countryside:
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- The farmer grazes cattle on this land in the summer months.
- This stretch of land was once covered with luxuriant forest, but is now bare.
- There are several plots of land for sale.
- The refugees were at sea for 40 days before reaching land.
- This path marks the dividing line between my land and my neighbour's.
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The Earth & outer space - general words
- ablate
- biophilia
- cosmologist
- cosmology
- eolian
- ether
- evapotranspiration
- geo-
- geocentric
- globe
- heaven
- landslide
- macrocosm
- slide
- terra firma
- terrestrial
- the cosmos
- the mesosphere
- the troposphere
- universe
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land noun (COUNTRY)
C2 [ C ] literary a country:
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- He developed a malignant hatred for the land of his birth.
- It is a barren and hostile land.
- It is a land of antiquated social rules and suffocating traditions.
- We've got the best brains in the land working on this problem.
- They journeyed to foreign lands.
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Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
- Afro
- citizenship
- compatriot
- countrywide
- homegrown
- homeland
- internation
- mother country
- motherland
- nation
- nation-state
- national
- offshore
- soil
- South Sudan
- state
- state-controlled
- statehood
- stateless
- subject
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Idiom(s)
landverb
uk/lænd/us/lænd/land verb (ARRIVE)
B1 [ I or T ] to (cause to) arrive on the ground or other surface after moving down through the air:
B1 [ I ] to arrive on land from the sea:
[ I ] to arrive at or appear on a particular website:
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- One of the plane's engines cut out, so they had to land with only one.
- Air traffic control at Heathrow have given us clearance to land in 20 minutes.
- Unlike other spacecraft, the shuttle can glide back through the atmosphere, land safely, and be reused.
- There was a good-sized crowd at the airport waiting for the plane to land.
- By the grace of God, the pilot managed to land the damaged plane safely.
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Arriving, entering and invading
- annex
- barge
- barge in
- be on the scene idiom
- been
- breaking and entering idiom
- bugger
- go down
- hit
- hove
- intrusion
- invade
- keep (sb/sth) out
- let
- let sb/sth in
- loom
- pile
- pitch invasion
- rock
- roll up! idiom
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land verb (UNLOAD)
[ T ] to take goods or people off a ship or aircraft:
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Emptying
- clear
- drain
- empty
- gut
- hollow
- hollow sth out
- let
- let sth out
- turn
- turn sth out
- unload
- unpack
- vacate
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land verb (CATCH)
[ T ] to catch a fish with a hook (= curved piece of wire) or net and remove it from the water:
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Hunting & fishing
- angler
- angling
- bait
- beater
- big game
- gun dog
- hare coursing
- harpoon
- hunt
- hunt saboteur
- pointer
- reel
- shooter
- sinker
- smoke
- smoke sb/sth out
- snare
- spoor
- trap
- troll
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land verb (GET)
C2 [ T ] to get or achieve something good, especially in a way that seems easy or unexpected:
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Getting, receiving and accepting
- acquihire
- acquire
- acquisition
- awardee
- carve
- draw
- earn
- fill
- get sth out of sth
- glom onto sth/sb
- go to sb
- grasp
- obtain
- pick
- score
- secure
- snatch
- snatch at sth
- wangle
- wrest
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land verb (SUCCEED)
[ I ] to happen or succeed as intended: