land in WordNet English dictionary

1. extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
   "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"
   estate  land  landed estate  acres  demesne 
   
2. a politically organized body of people under a single government
   "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
   state  nation  country  land  commonwealth  res publica  body politic 
   
3. the people who live in a nation or country
   "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"
   nation  land  country 
   
4. the territory occupied by a nation
   "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
   country  state  land 
   
5. territory over which rule or control is exercised
   "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"
   domain  demesne  land 
   
6. the solid part of the earth's surface
   "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"
   land  dry land  earth  ground  solid ground  terra firma 
   
7. agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
   "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"
   farming  land 
   
8. material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
   "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"
   land  ground  soil 
   
9. a domain in which something is dominant
   "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south"
   kingdom  land  realm 
   
10. the land on which real estate is located
    "he built the house on land leased from the city"
    land 
    

1. bring into a different state
   "this may land you in jail"
   bring  land 
   
2. cause to come to the ground
   "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
   land  put down  bring down 
   
3. shoot at and force to come down
   "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
   down  shoot down  land 
   
4. reach or come to rest
   "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"
   land  set down 
   
5. arrive on shore
   "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"
   land  set ashore  shore 
   
6. bring ashore
   "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"
   land 
   
7. deliver (a blow)
   "He landed several blows on his opponent's head"
   land