Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Land \Land\, v. i.
   To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to come to
   the end of a course.

Land \Land\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Landed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Landing}.]
   1. To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft;
      to disembark; to debark.

            I 'll undertake top land them on our coast. --Shak.

   2. To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a
      fish.

   3. To set down after conveying; to cause to fall, alight, or
      reach; to bring to the end of a course; as, he landed the
      quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and landed
      in the mud; to land one in difficulties or mistakes.

Land \Land\, n.
   Urine. See {Lant}. [Obs.]

Land \Land\, n. [AS. land, lond; akin to D., G., Icel., Sw.,
   Dan., and Goth. land. ]
   1. The solid part of the surface of the earth; -- opposed to
      water as constituting a part of such surface, especially
      to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage.

            They turn their heads to sea, their sterns to land.
                                                  --Dryden.

   2. Any portion, large or small, of the surface of the earth,
      considered by itself, or as belonging to an individual or
      a people, as a country, estate, farm, or tract.

            Go view the land, even Jericho.       --Josh. ii. 1.

            Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where
            wealth accumulates and men decay.     --Goldsmith.

Source : WordNet®

land
     adj 1: relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land; "land
            vehicles" [syn: {land(a)}] [ant: {sea(a)}, {air(a)}]
     2: operating or living or growing on land [syn: {terrestrial},
        {land(a)}] [ant: {amphibious}, {aquatic}]

land
     n 1: the land on which real estate is located; "he built the
          house on land leased from the city"
     2: material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in
        which plants can grow (especially with reference to its
        quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good
        agricultural soil" [syn: {ground}, {soil}]
     3: the solid part of the earth's surface; "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" [syn: {dry land}, {earth}, {ground}, {solid ground},
         {terra firma}]
     4: territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his
        domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the
        land" [syn: {domain}, {demesne}]
     5: the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land
        of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
        [syn: {country}, {state}]
     6: a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled
        kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of
        the realm of cotton in the south" [syn: {kingdom}, {realm}]
     7: extensive landed property (especially in the country)
        retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a
        large estate on Long Island" [syn: {estate}, {landed
        estate}, {acres}, {demesne}]
     8: the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement
        that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced
        to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" [syn: {nation},
         {country}, {a people}]
     9: a politically organized body of people under a single
        government; "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" [syn: {state}, {nation}, {country}, {commonwealth},
         {res publica}, {body politic}]
     10: United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into
         lenses and invented the one-step photographic process
         (1909-1991) [syn: {Din Land}, {Edwin Herbert Land}]
     11: working the land as an occupation or way of life; "farming
         is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any
         more" [syn: {farming}]

land
     v 1: reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest
          branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul" [syn: {set down}]
     2: cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the
        airplane safely" [syn: {put down}, {bring down}]
     3: bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"
        [syn: {bring}]
     4: bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the
        beach of the island"
     5: deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's
        head"
     6: arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor" [syn: {set
        ashore}, {shore}]
     7: shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several
        of our aircraft" [syn: {down}, {shoot down}]