dry land
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- noun
- /draɪ lænd/
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tierra firme
- After the storm passed, we finally reached the safety of dry land.
Small and still they shine on the dry land.
- Small and still they shine on the dry land.
- And you'll probably give me your weight on dry land, right?
Examples
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This is some kind of dry land grass, like a crested wheat of some kind, and it's just beautiful.
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The family is safe and we're headed to dry land.
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But they hold onto a piece of wood and kick toward dry land.
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As soon as that ship reaches dry land, we'll be waiting for them.
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In that way, they can travel great distances or, at least, reach dry land.
Fiction book (1992) -
Such colonies were finally able to leave the seas and live on dry land.
Fiction book (2000) -
And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering together of the waters called these seas.
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Why does Earth, the watery planet, have dry land at all?
Academic text (1994) -
And the waters of the world gathered together, and in their midst emerged dry land.
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In the time of the dinosaurs, nearly every acre of dry land on Earth was tropical.
Blog text (13)
Synonyms
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The solid surface of the earth that people walk on and plants grow in
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An area of ground used for farming, building, or as a country
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Firm land you can stand on instead of water
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Solid dry land that is not the sea or air
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How Wet
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Etymology
The phrase dry land comes from the picture of sailors leaving the wet sea and spotting the dry ground of the land again. That's why it means the solid surface of the earth, 'not covered by water'.