Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Landscape \Land"scape\, n. [Formerly written also {landskip}.]
[D. landschap; land land + -schap, equiv. to E. -schip; akin
to G. landschaft, Sw. landskap, Dan. landskab. See {Land},
{and} {-schip}.]
1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can
comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it
contains.
2. A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or
fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of
nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc.
3. The pictorial aspect of a country.
The landscape of his native country had taken hold
on his heart. --Macaulay.
{Landscape gardening}, The art of laying out grounds and
arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to
produce a picturesque effect.
Source : WordNet®
landscape
n 1: an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
2: painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery
3: a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery
[syn: {landscape painting}]
4: an extensive mental viewpoint; "the political landscape
looks bleak without a change of administration"; "we
changed the landscape for solving the proble of payroll
inequity"
landscape
v 1: embellish with plants; "Let's landscape the yard"
2: do landscape gardening; "My sons landscapes for corporations
and earns a good living"