Idioms for land

    land/fall on one's feet, feet(def 3).
    see how the land lies, to investigate in advance; inform oneself of the facts of a situation before acting: You should see how the land lies before making a formal proposal. Compare lay of the land.

Origin of land

before 900; Middle English (noun and v.), Old English (noun); cognate with Dutch, German, Old Norse, Gothic land; akin to Irish lann, Welsh llan church (orig. enclosure), Breton lann heath. See lawn1

OTHER WORDS FROM land

land·like, adjective re·land, verb un·der·land, noun

Example sentences from the Web for lands

British Dictionary definitions for lands (1 of 4)

lands
/ (lændz) /

pl n

holdings in land
Southern African the part of a farm on which crops are grown

British Dictionary definitions for lands (2 of 4)

land
/ (lænd) /

noun

verb

See also lands, land up, land with

Derived forms of land

landless, adjective landlessness, noun

Word Origin for land

Old English; compare Old Norse, Gothic land, Old High German lant

British Dictionary definitions for lands (3 of 4)

Land 1
/ (lænd) /

noun

Edwin Herbert. 1909–91, US inventor of the Polaroid Land camera

British Dictionary definitions for lands (4 of 4)

Land 2
/ German (lant) /

noun plural Länder (ˈlɛndər)

  1. any of the federal states of Germany
  2. any of the provinces of Austria

Idioms and Phrases with lands

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