land - Meaning in Konkani

land - Meaning in Konkani

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Definitions and Meaning of land in English

Land noun

1. United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)

land noun

1. the people who live in a nation or country

   Examples

   • "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"
   • "the news was announced to the nation"
   • "the whole country worshipped him"
2. a domain in which something is dominant

   Examples

   • "a land of make-believe"
   • "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south"
   • "the untroubled kingdom of reason"
3. the land on which real estate is located

   Example

   • "he built the house on land leased from the city"
4. extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

   Example

   • "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"
5. material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

   Examples

   • "good agricultural soil"
   • "the land had never been plowed"
6. the solid part of the earth's surface

   Examples

   • "he dropped the logs on the ground"
   • "the earth shook for several minutes"
   • "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"
7. territory over which rule or control is exercised

   Examples

   • "he made it the law of the land"
   • "his domain extended into Europe"
8. the territory occupied by a nation

   Examples

   • "he returned to the land of his birth"
   • "he visited several European countries"
9. a politically organized body of people under a single government

   Examples

   • "African nations"
   • "an industrialized land"
   • "students who had come to the nation's capitol"
   • "the country's largest manufacturer"
   • "the state has elected a new president"
10. agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life

    Examples

    • "farming is a strenuous life"
    • "there's no work on the land any more"

land verb

1. bring into a different state

   Example

   • "this may land you in jail"
2. reach or come to rest

   Examples

   • "The bird landed on the highest branch"
   • "The plane landed in Istanbul"
3. cause to come to the ground

   Example

   • "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
4. shoot at and force to come down

   Example

   • "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
5. arrive on shore

   Example

   • "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"
6. bring ashore

   Example

   • "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"
7. deliver (a blow)

   Example

   • "He landed several blows on his opponent's head"

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