(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Land is an area of ground, especially one that is used for a particular purpose such as farming or building.
Good agricultural ~ is in short supply.
...160 acres of ~.
...a small piece of grazing ~.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
You can refer to an area of ~ which someone owns as their ~ or their ~s.
Their home is on his father’s ~...
His ~s were poorly farmed.
N-COUNT: poss N
3.
If you talk about the ~, you mean farming and the way of life in farming areas, in contrast to life in the cities.
Living off the ~ was hard enough at the best of times.
N-SING: the N
4.
Land is the part of the world that consists of ground, rather than sea or air.
It isn’t clear whether the plane went down over ~ or sea.
...a stretch of sandy beach that was almost inaccessible from the ~.
N-UNCOUNT: also the N
5.
You can use ~ to refer to a country in a poetic or emotional way. (LITERARY)
...America, ~ of opportunity.
N-COUNT: with supp
6.
When someone or something ~s, they come down to the ground after moving through the air or falling.
Three mortar shells had ~ed close to a crowd of people.
VERB: V
7.
When someone ~s a plane, ship, or spacecraft, or when it ~s, it arrives somewhere after a journey.
The jet ~ed after a flight of just under three hours...
The crew finally ~ed the plane on its belly on the soft part of the runway.
VERB: V, V n
8.
To ~ goods somewhere means to unload them there at the end of a journey, especially by ship. (mainly BRIT)
The vessels will have to ~ their catch at designated ports.
VERB: V n
9.
If you ~ in an unpleasant situation or place or if something ~s you in it, something causes you to be in it. (INFORMAL)
He ~ed in a psychiatric ward...
This is not the first time his exploits have ~ed him in trouble.
VERB: V in n, V n in n
10.
If someone or something ~s you with a difficult situation, they cause you to have to deal with the difficulties involved. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL)
The other options simply complicate the situation and could ~ him with more expense.
= saddle, lumber with
VERB: V n with n
11.
If something ~s somewhere, it arrives there unexpectedly, often causing problems. (INFORMAL)
Two days later the book had already ~ed on his desk...
= arrive
VERB: V prep/adv
12.
If you ~ something that is difficult to get and that many people want, you are successful in getting it. (INFORMAL)
He ~ed a place on the graduate training scheme...
His flair with hair soon ~ed him a part-time job at his local barbers.
VERB: V n, V n n
13.
to ~ on your feet: see foot