[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/land/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [L](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/l/) / land # land noun (land, lands); verb (land, lands, landed, landing) «land» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Land is the ground, the part of the Earth that is not water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/land/#m1) 2. Land is an area of ground that someone owns or uses, like a farm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/land/#m2) 3. A land is a country or place: a faraway land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/land/#m3) 4. To land is to come down to the ground or water after flying or falling, like a plane or a bird. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/land/#m4) 5. To land a boat is to bring it to the shore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/land/#m5) ### In the lessons In maths, an area (acres, square metres) to divide or plant; a flight ending; a coin landing on heads in probability. In science and geography, land and sea, landforms, animals that live on land. In stories, a magic land, the plane lands safely. Phrases: «on land», «dry land», «land on», «landing», «a land far away». ### Examples - The farmer has 40 acres of land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/land/#x1) - He plants corn on half the land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/land/#x2) - The plane landed after 3 hours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/land/#x3) - The coin landed on tails 6 times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/land/#x4) - Frogs live both on land and in water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/land/#x5) - The bird landed on the windowsill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/land/#x6) - Once upon a time, in a land far away, there lived a king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/land/#x7) - After a week at sea, the sailors saw land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/land/#x8) - The cat always lands on its feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/land/#x9) - What a blessed land that must be! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/land/#x10) ### Note As ground, land is uncountable: «a lot of land»; as a country, countable: «lands». Verb past: landed. As an area it is split by fractions or multiplied by a rate per acre. Trap: «landed» in a flight story marks the end time (take-off time + flight time). ## In Jewish tradition Usually "the land" means the land of Canaan, promised by God to Abraham and his children. Sometimes it means Egypt or another country, or the earth itself. The prophets and Joshua also speak of the land having rest after war or being cleansed. **Interpretation.** Jewish tradition holds the Land of Israel as a holy gift of God to the Jewish people, tied to the commandments. Some commandments, like the Sabbatical year, apply only there. "The land had rest" in Joshua and Judges is read as the peace that came when the people were faithful. ### Examples - And the Canaanite was then in the land. (Torah GEN.12.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/land/#x1) - And the famine was sore in the land. (Torah GEN.43.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/land/#x2) - Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. (Torah NUM.21.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/land/#x3) - Thus shall they cleanse the land. (Prophets EZK.39.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/land/#x4) - And the land had rest from war. (Prophets JOS.11.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/land/#x5) - And the land had rest forty years. (Prophets JDG.3.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/land/#x6) ### Note As ground, land is uncountable: «a lot of land»; as a country, countable: «lands». Verb past: landed. As an area it is split by fractions or multiplied by a rate per acre. Trap: «landed» in a flight story marks the end time (take-off time + flight time). ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «land» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/land/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«land» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/land.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «land» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/land/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«land» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/land.html) on Mova free.