The meaning of Land

verb

Manage and be responsible for the running of (a business, organization, etc.).

Usage examples:

Each school was administered separately

verb

Supervise or be in charge of

verb

Descend from a train, bus, or other form of transport.

Usage examples:

He was the only passenger to alight from the train

adjective

On fire; burning.

Usage examples:

The house was alight when the firemen arrived

verb

To get out of a vehicle

Usage examples:

He helped her alight from the train., the butterfly alighted on a flower.

noun

A region or part of a town, a country, or the world.

Usage examples:

Rural areas of britain

noun

A part of the earth’s surface of land and water, or a particular part of a country, city, town, etc.

Usage examples:

An industrial/suburban/mountainous area, this area of the brain is called the cerebral cortex., his…

noun

A particular part of a place, piece of land, or country

Usage examples:

This is an area of the city where 48% of the properties are rental properties., our goal is to grow…

verb

Reach a place at the end of a journey or a stage in a journey.

Usage examples:

We arrived at his house and knocked at the door

verb

To come to a place, esp. after traveling

Usage examples:

What time is their plane scheduled to arrive?, sausages suddenly arrived on our table., when they s…

verb

Intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped).

Usage examples:

She threw the bottle into the air and caught it again

noun

An act of catching something, typically a ball.

Usage examples:

I saw myself fumbling easy catches and looking clumsy.

verb

Take hold of so as to seize or stop the motion of

noun

A nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.

Usage examples:

The country's increasingly precarious economic position

noun

An area of land that forms an independent political unit with its own government; a nation considered esp. as a place

Usage examples:

Cuba is my native country, but i now live in florida., i’m spending next weekend in the country wit…

verb

Distribute (cards) in an orderly rotation to players for a game or round.

Usage examples:

The cards were dealt for the last hand

noun

An agreement entered into by two or more parties for their mutual benefit, especially in a business or political context.

Usage examples:

The government was ready to do a deal with the opposition

noun

Fir or pine wood as a building material.

Usage examples:

Softwoods such as deal were more usually painted over

verb

Bring and hand over (a letter, parcel, or goods) to the proper recipient or address.

Usage examples:

The products should be delivered on time

verb

Bring to a destination

verb

To take goods, letters, or packages to people’s houses or places of work

Usage examples:

[ t ] we had the pizza delivered., [ t ] we call our pharmacy with the doctor’s prescription and as…

noun

A sum of money paid into a bank or building society account.

Usage examples:

Cash funds which are an alternative to bank or building society deposits

verb

Put or set down (something or someone) in a specific place.

Usage examples:

He deposited a pile of school books on the kitchen table

noun

An amount of money paid into an account

Usage examples:

She made a large deposit last thursday., will you get your deposit back if you cancel the trip?, th…

verb

Distribute or provide (a service or information) to a number of people.

Usage examples:

Orderlies went round dispensing drinks

verb

To give out or provide an item or substance

Usage examples:

Is there a tourism agency that dispenses city maps?, this gasoline pump is capable of dispensing ei…

verb

To provide something such as a service, money, or information

Usage examples:

Dispense advice/information a personal financial manager will dispense advice on investments., the …

noun

An area of a country or city, especially one characterized by a particular feature or activity.

Usage examples:

A coal-mining district

verb

Divide into areas.

Usage examples:

The committee districted the city into blocks

noun

An area of a country, state, or city that has been given fixed borders for official purposes, or one having a particular feature that makes it different from surrounding areas

Usage examples:

The theater district in new york is in midtown manhattan.

noun

An extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch, an oligarchy, or a sovereign state.

Usage examples:

The roman empire

adjective

Denoting a style of furniture, decoration, or dress fashionable chiefly during the first empire in france. the decorative style was neoclassical but marked by an interest in egyptian and other ancient motifs.

Usage examples:

It glories in its louis xiv and empire style, all marble, gilt and elaborate stucco.

noun

A group of countries ruled by a single person, government, or country

Usage examples:

The british/soviet empire

noun

A person's native country, especially when referred to in patriotic terms.

Usage examples:

Those whom many considered traitors to the fatherland

noun

The country in which you were born, or the country with which you feel most connected

verb

Go for and then bring back (someone or something) for someone.

Usage examples:

He ran to fetch help

noun

The distance travelled by wind or waves across open water.

Usage examples:

Wave disturbance was estimated by measuring the fetch for wave height on maps as the width of the r…

noun

The apparition or double of a living person, formerly believed to be a warning of that person's impending death.

Usage examples:

I saw a fetch who looked like me

noun

A person's or a people's native land.

Usage examples:

He left his homeland to settle in london

noun

The country where you were born

verb

Cause (something unpleasant or painful) to be suffered by someone or something.

Usage examples:

They inflicted serious injuries on three other men

verb

Impose something unpleasant

verb

To force someone or something to experience something unpleasant

Usage examples:

Why would anyone inflict harm on a helpless animal?

noun

One's native country.

Usage examples:

When the country is invaded by enemies, the nation's leader will call on everyone to protect the mo…

noun

The country in which you were born, or the country with which you feel most connected

noun

A large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.

Usage examples:

The world's leading industrialized nations

noun

A country, esp. when thought of as a large group of people living in one area with their own government, language, and traditions

Usage examples:

Most industrialized nations of the world will be represented at the conference., throughout the nat…

noun

A country, especially when considered as a society with its own government, economy, etc.

Usage examples:

Developing/emerging/industrialized nations the local community within a typical developing nation c…

noun

An object on which a bird alights or roosts, typically a branch or horizontal bar.

Usage examples:

The budgerigar shuffled along its perch

verb

(of a bird) alight or rest on something.

Usage examples:

A herring gull perched on the rails

noun

An edible freshwater fish with a high spiny dorsal fin, dark vertical bars on the body, and orange lower fins.

Usage examples:

Out back of the house, oak, hemlock and cedar trees crown a path toward a 30-acre lake stocked with…

collocation

Put in a horizontal position

phrasal verb

Stop holding something and place it on a surface or the ground.

Usage examples:

Harry put down his cup

phrasal verb

Record something in writing.

Usage examples:

He's putting a few thoughts down on paper

noun

A kingdom.

Usage examples:

The defence of the realm

noun

An area, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.

Usage examples:

The equatorial regions

noun

A particular area or part of a state, country, or the earth’s surface

Usage examples:

Wheat is the major crop of this region., he’s complaining of pain in the lower abdominal region., a…

noun

A particular area or part of the world, or one of the areas into which a country is divided

Usage examples:

The less-developed regions of the world, coastal regions of the country have much better infrastruc…

noun

A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.

Usage examples:

That was a nice long discussion, comparing monarchies, democracies, republics, oligarchies, and all…

noun

A country that is governed by elected representatives and an elected leader

noun

A country whose leader is a president, not a king or queen

Usage examples:

This tiny republic depends on the export of tobacco.

verb

Resolve or reach an agreement about (an argument or problem).

Usage examples:

The unions have settled their year-long dispute with hollywood producers

noun

A wooden bench with a high back and arms, typically incorporating a box under the seat.

Usage examples:

She read to her brother, who sat on the settle opposite her

verb

To get or to become comfortable

Usage examples:

[ t ] campbell settled herself in front of a blazing fire., [ i ] he settled back in his chair and …

noun

The land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water.

Usage examples:

I made for the shore

verb

Support or hold up something with props or beams.

Usage examples:

Rescue workers had to shore up the building, which was in danger of collapse

verb

Archaic past of shear.

noun

The particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time.

Usage examples:

The state of the company's finances

verb

Express something definitely or clearly in speech or writing.

Usage examples:

The report stated that more than 51 per cent of voters failed to participate

noun

A condition or way of being

Usage examples:

The stable was preserved in its original state., your room is in a terrible state., it's a sad stat…

noun

An area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state.

Usage examples:

Sorties into enemy territory

noun

An area of land, sea, or space, esp. when it belongs to or is connected with a particular country, person, or animal

Usage examples:

[ u ] maryland gave up territory to form washington, dc., [ c ] the un is sending aid to the occupi…

noun

An area of a town, country, etc. that someone has responsibility for in their job

Usage examples:

A salesman's failure to achieve apparently realistic targets might be due to a change in the size o…