Antonyms for lands
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : land |
| Phonetic Transcription : lænd |
Definition of lands
Origin :- Old English land, lond, "ground, soil," also "definite portion of the earth's surface, home region of a person or a people, territory marked by political boundaries," from Proto-Germanic *landom (cf. Old Norse, Old Frisian Dutch, German, Gothic land), from PIE *lendh- "land, heath" (cf. Old Irish land, Middle Welsh llan "an open space," Welsh llan "enclosure, church," Breton lann "heath," source of French lande; Old Church Slavonic ledina "waste land, heath," Czech lada "fallow land").
- Etymological evidence and Gothic use indicates the original sense was "a definite portion of the earth's surface owned by an individual or home of a nation." Meaning early extended to "solid surface of the earth," which had been the sense of the root of Modern English earth. Original sense of land in English is now mostly found under country. To take the lay of the land is a nautical expression. In the American English exclamation land's sakes (1846) land is a euphemism for Lord.
- noun earth's surface; ownable property
- verb arrive, come to rest on
- verb achieve, acquire
- They were the heroes of other lands; but have we not heroes also of our own?
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- In close connexion with the Survey and Lands Department is the topic of exploration.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Many were the messages of regard and condolence that came from other lands.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- She lies athwart the lands, and her shadow is over the seas.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Just now you spoke of your Essex lands in the fair Vale of Dedham as gone.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- In other times and in other lands, hand-craft has had more honor than it has had with us.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 » by Various
- Love is not comfort, nor house, nor lands, nor the tame delights of use and wont.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- Some of them contrived to weather the storm and retain their lands.
- Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
- The Prigs who despise the people are often loaded with lands and crowned.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- Thus it is: My castle and my lands are in pawn for a debt that I owe.
- Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
Synonyms for lands
- acreage
- acres
- alight
- annex
- area
- beach
- berth
- bring in
- check in
- come ashore
- come down
- come in
- come to berth
- continent
- country
- countryside
- debark
- descend upon
- dirt
- disembark
- district
- ditch
- dock
- drop anchor
- earth
- estate
- expanse
- extent
- farming
- farmland
- field
- flatten out
- gain
- get
- get down
- ground
- grounds
- have
- holding
- home
- homeland
- level off
- light on
- loam
- mainland
- make land
- manor
- nation
- obtain
- old sod
- parcel
- pick up
- pilot
- plot
- procure
- province
- purlieu
- put down
- put in
- quarry
- quinta
- ranch
- real estate
- realty
- region
- secure
- set down
- set on deck
- settle
- shore
- sit down
- sod
- soil
- splash down
- steer
- stretch
- sweep
- take down
- terra firma
- terrain
- territory
- thump
- tillage
- touch down
- tract
- win
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