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'lands'

[land.n.01] as in: the land on which real estate is located

Examples:
he built the house on land leased from the city

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[land.n.02] as in: 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:
the land had never been plowed
good agricultural soil

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[domain.n.02] as in: territory over which rule or control is exercised

Examples:
his domain extended into Europe
he made it the law of the land

'lands'

[land.n.04] as in: the solid part of the earth's surface

Examples:
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

'lands'

[country.n.02] as in: the territory occupied by a nation

Examples:
he returned to the land of his birth
he visited several European countries

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[kingdom.n.01] as in: a domain in which something is dominant

Examples:
the untroubled kingdom of reason
a land of make-believe
the rise of the realm of cotton in the south

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[estate.n.02] as in: extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

Examples:
the family owned a large estate on Long Island

'lands'

[nation.n.02] as in: 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

'lands'

[state.n.04] as in: a politically organized body of people under a single government

Examples:
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

'lands'

[land.n.10] as in: United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)

'lands'

[farming.n.02] as in: agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life

Examples:
farming is a strenuous life
there's no work on the land any more

'lands'

[land.v.01] as in: reach or come to rest

Examples:
The bird landed on the highest branch
The plane landed in Istanbul

'lands'

[land.v.02] as in: cause to come to the ground

Examples:
the pilot managed to land the airplane safely

'lands'

[bring.v.05] as in: bring into a different state

Examples:
this may land you in jail

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[land.v.04] as in: bring ashore

Examples:
The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island

'lands'

[land.v.05] as in: deliver (a blow)

Examples:
He landed several blows on his opponent's head

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[land.v.06] as in: arrive on shore

Examples:
The ship landed in Pearl Harbor

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[down.v.04] as in: shoot at and force to come down

Examples:
the enemy landed several of our aircraft