land
193
1.7
- noun
- /lænd/
:
tierra
- Households had more assets, things like livestock or land or savings.
- farm the land
- agricultural land
- land for farming
Working on their land, fighting in their armies.
- Working on their land, fighting in their armies.
- They all go down and help that guy farm his land.
- And you have people who own land, you have land owners and you have people who work the land.
- That's what kept people working, what kept jobs there, which kept the land in production.
Examples
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And they had land in the farm they lived on.
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For part of every busy year, Nancy helps to farm her family land in northern Utah.
Academic text (1999) -
Also more people farm more land, produce more food and other goods.
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See, what we need is more land, for more people.
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You know how much land today we use just to produce crops?
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Good grazing land and a home place near running water and shade and green trees all around.
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The overwhelming need for more food made it impossible to leave land fallow for long periods.
Academic text (1990) -
But most Athenians were farmers whose lands and homes were outside the walls.
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The nights were deathly cold, the land barren and completely devoid of food.
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Farming the land has been a way of life for generations in my family.
Synonyms
157
1.0
The activity of growing crops and raising animals for food
146
3.9
The growing of crops and raising of animals on land for food
1
5.5
Living on your own land growing food and keeping animals to meet your needs
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
16
5.0
A region east of the Mediterranean Sea, mainly Israel and Palestine, that is sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims
14
6.0
A place or situation someone hopes will bring them happiness after a long struggle
- Formal
8
3.7
Public land that a government gives to someone for building colleges or railways
5
4.2
Government action that takes farm land from large owners and gives it to small farmers
- Informal
1
9.9
An imaginary place where people are out of touch with reality because they are too optimistic
Official nickname for the US state of New Mexico about its beautiful land and rich culture
- Offensive
A joking name for California about its farms and unusual people
A nickname for Illinois in the United States because Abraham Lincoln lived there
- Literature
A peaceful place like a dream where people relax and forget their problems
A region of Antarctica claimed by Norway between Enderby Land and the Weddell Sea
Surface Forms
Etymology
When people talk about working the land they mean the soil used for farming, and this sense comes directly from the old word for 'ground'. That's why land can mean the fields and soil where people grow food and make a living.