land

land¹ W1S1 [lænd] n

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1¦(ground)¦

2¦(not sea)¦

3¦(country)¦

4¦(not city)¦

5¦(property)¦

6 see/find out how the land lies

7 in the land of the living

8 the land of milk and honey

9 (in) the land of nod

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[: Old English;]

1.) ¦(GROUND)¦[U]

an area of ground, especially when used for farming or building

▪ 500 acres of land

▪ a piece of open land (=land which has not been built on)

fertile/arid/dry land

agricultural/arable land

waste/vacant/derelict land

housing/industrial etc land

▪ a shortage of housing land

▪ land prices

→↑dockland, ↑farmlandsee usage note ↑ground¹

2.) ¦(NOT SEA)¦[U]

the solid dry part of the Earth's surface

▪ After 21 days at sea, we sighted land.

by land

▪ Troops began an assault on the city by land and sea.

on land

▪ The crocodile lays its eggs on land.

land bird/animal

▪ The white stork is one of the biggest land birds of the region.

→↑dry land

3.) ¦(COUNTRY)¦ literary

a country or area

▪ Their journey took them to many foreign lands .

native land

(=the land where you were born)

▪ He's fiercely proud of his native land.

▪ Australia represented a real land of opportunity for thousands of people.

4.) ¦(NOT CITY)¦

the land

the countryside thought of as a place where people grow food

live off the land

(=grow or catch all the food you need)

▪ A third of the region's population still lives off the land.

work/farm the land

(=grow crops)

▪ Many people were forced to give up working the land.

5.) ¦(PROPERTY)¦[U]

the area of land that someone owns

▪ He ordered us to get off his land.

private/public/common land

6.) see/find out how the land lies

spoken to try to discover what the situation really is before you make a decision

7.) in the land of the living

spoken awake - used humorously

8.) the land of milk and honey

an imaginary place where life is easy and pleasant

9.) (in) the land of nod

old-fashioned asleep

→be/live in cloud-cuckoo-land at ↑cloud¹ (7), ↑dry land, ↑dreamland, ↑fairyland

→the lie of the land at ↑lie³ (3)

→↑never-never land

→↑promised land

→↑wasteland

→↑wonderland

land ²

land² W3S2 v

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1¦(plane/bird/insect)¦

2¦(arrive by boat/plane)¦

3¦(fall/come down)¦

4¦(goods/people)¦

5¦(job/contract etc)¦

6 land somebody in trouble/hospital/court etc

7 land somebody in it

8¦(problems)¦

9 land a punch/blow etc

10 land on your feet

11¦(catch fish)¦

Phrasal verbs

　land up

　land somebody with something

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1.) ¦(PLANE/BIRD/INSECT)¦

a)

if a plane, bird, or insect lands, it moves safely down onto the ground

≠ ↑take off

▪ Flight 846 landed five minutes ago.

▪ The bird landed gracefully on the water.

b) [T]

to make a plane move safely down onto the ground at the end of a journey

▪ The pilot managed to land the aircraft safely.

2.) ¦(ARRIVE BY BOAT/PLANE)¦ [I]

to arrive somewhere in a plane, boat etc

land on/in/at etc

▪ We expect to be landing in Oslo in about fifty minutes.

▪ In 1969, the first men landed on the moon.

3.) ¦(FALL/COME DOWN)¦ [I always + adverb/preposition]

to come down through the air onto something

= ↑drop land in/on/under etc

▪ A large branch landed on the hood of my car.

▪ Louis fell out of the tree and landed in a holly bush.

▪ She fell and landed heavily on the floor.

▪ A couple of bombs landed quite near to the village.

4.) ¦(GOODS/PEOPLE)¦ [T]

if a boat or aircraft lands people or goods, it brings them to a place, and the people get out or the goods are carried out

▪ The troops were landed by helicopter.

5.) ¦(JOB/CONTRACT ETC)¦ [T] [i]informal

to succeed in getting a job, contract etc that was difficult to get

▪ He landed a job with a law firm.

land yourself sth

▪ Bill's just landed himself a part in a Broadway show.

6.) land sb in trouble/hospital/court etc

to cause someone to have serious problems or be in a difficult situation

▪ Connie's going to land herself in big trouble if she keeps arriving late for work.

▪ She developed pneumonia which landed her in hospital.

7.) land sb in it

BrE spoken informal to get someone into trouble by telling other people that they did something wrong

= ↑drop somebody in it

▪ Geoff landed me in it by saying I should have checked that the door was locked.

8.) ¦(PROBLEMS)¦ [I always + adverb/preposition]

to arrive unexpectedly, and cause problems

land in/on/under etc

▪ Just when I thought my problems were over, this letter landed on my desk.

9.) land a punch/blow etc

to succeed in hitting someone

10.) land on your feet

to get into a good situation again, after having problems

▪ She certainly landed on her feet when she got that job.

11.) ¦(CATCH FISH)¦ [T]

to catch a fish

land up phr v

to be in a particular place, situation, or position after a lot of things have happened to you

= ↑end up land up in

▪ We landed up in a bar at 3 am.

▪ Be careful that you don't land up in serious debt.

land up with

▪ I landed up with five broken ribs.

land with [land sb with sth] phr v

to give someone something unpleasant to do, because no one else wants to do it

▪ Maria's been landed with all the tidying up as usual.