Definitions of land:

• noun:   the solid part of the earth's surface

  Example: "The plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"

• noun:   material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

  Example: "The land had never been plowed"

• noun:   United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one-step photographic process (1909-1991)
• noun:   the land on which real estate is located

  Example: "He built the house on land leased from the city"

• noun:   working the land as an occupation or way of life

  Example: "There's no work on the land any more"

• noun:   the people who live in a nation or country
• noun:   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"

• noun:   a domain in which something is dominant

  Example: "A land of make-believe"

• noun:   the territory occupied by a nation

  Example: "He returned to the land of his birth"

• noun:   territory over which rule or control is exercised

  Example: "He made it the law of the land"

• noun:   a politically organized body of people under a single government

  Example: "An industrialized land"

• verb:   bring ashore

  Example: "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"

• verb:   deliver (a blow)

  Example: "He landed several blows on his opponent's head"

• verb:   reach or come to rest

  Example: "The bird landed on the highest branch"

• verb:   cause to come to the ground

  Example: "The pilot managed to land the airplane safely"

• verb:   arrive on shore

  Example: "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"

• verb:   bring into a different state

  Example: "This may land you in jail"

• verb:   shoot at and force to come down

  Example: "The enemy landed several of our aircraft"

• name:  A surname (common: 1 in 11111 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #1358)