Landon

US: (lan′dən)

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Lan•don  (lan′dən), n. 

Alfred ("Alf '') Moss•man  (môs′mən, mos′-), born 1887, U.S. politician.

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land /lænd/   n. 

1. Geography [uncountable] any part of the earth's surface, as a continent or an island, not covered by a body of water.
2. an area of ground with reference to its nature:
   [uncountable] land good for farming.
3. an area of ground with specific boundaries:
   [uncountable] to buy land in Florida.
4. rural or farming areas (contrasted with urban areas):
   [uncountable] They left the land for the city.
5. Law any part of the earth's surface that can be owned as property, and everything connected to it:
   [countable] You're on his lands.
6. a region or country:
   [countable] Immigrants came from many lands.
7. realm or domain;
   world:
   still in the land of the living.

v. 

8. Nautical, Naval Terms to (cause to) come to land or shore: [no object]
   The boat lands at Cherbourg.
   [~ + object]
   We managed to land the boat at the shoreline.
9. to go or come ashore from a ship or boat:
   [no object] The Pilgrims landed in 1620.
10. to (cause to) come down upon or strike a surface: [no object]
    The plane landed on time.
    [~ + object]
    The pilot managed to land the crippled plane.
11. to (cause to) arrive or come in a particular place, position, or condition: [~ + object]
    His behavior will land him in jail.
    [no object]
    to land in trouble.
12. Informal Terms to catch or capture;
    gain;
    win:
    [~ + object] to land a high-paying job.
13. Sport [~ + object] to bring (a fish) onto land or into a boat, as with rod and reel.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

land  (land), n. 

1. any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water;
   the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
   Land was sighted from the crow's nest.
2. an area of ground with reference to its nature or composition:
   arable land.
3. an area of ground with specific boundaries:
   to buy land on which to build a house.
4. rural or farming areas, as contrasted with urban areas:
   They left the land for the city.
5. Law
   • any part of the earth's surface that can be owned as property, and everything annexed to it, whether by nature or by the human hand.
   • Law any legal interest held in land.
6. Business [Econ.] natural resources as a factor of production.
7. a part of the surface of the earth marked off by natural or political boundaries or the like;
   a region or country:
   They came from many lands.
8. the people of a region or country
9. Sound Reproduction [Audio.] the flat surface between the grooves of a phonograph record.
10. a realm or domain:
    the land of the living.
11. a surface between furrows, as on a millstone or on the interior of a rifle barrel.
12. Scottish Terms a tenement house.
13. Idioms 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.
    Cf. lay of the land.

v.t. 

14. Nautical, Naval Terms to bring to or set on land:
    to land passengers or goods from a ship; to land an airplane.
15. to bring into or cause to arrive in a particular place, position, or condition:
    His behavior will land him in jail.
16. Informal Terms to catch or capture;
    gain;
    win:
    to land a job.
17. Sport [Angling.] to bring (a fish) to land, or into a boat, etc., as with a hook or a net.

v.i. 

18. Nautical, Naval Terms to come to land or shore:
    The boat lands at Cherbourg.
19. to go or come ashore from a ship or boat.
20. to alight upon a surface, as the ground, a body of water, or the like:
    to land on both feet.
21. to hit or strike the ground, as from a height:
    The ball landed at the far side of the court.
22. to strike and come to rest on a surface or in something:
    The golf ball landed in the lake.
23. to come to rest or arrive in a particular place, position, or condition (sometimes fol. by up):
    to land in trouble; to land up 40 miles from home.
24. Informal Terms land on, to reprimand;
    criticize:
    His mother landed on him for coming home so late.
25. Idioms land on one's feet. See foot (def. 27).

• bef. 900; Middle English (noun, nominal and verb, verbal), Old English (noun, nominal); cognate with Dutch, German, Old Norse, Gothic land; akin to Irish lann, Welsh llan church (origin, originally enclosure), Breton lann heath. See lawn¹

land′like′, adj. 

Land  (land), n. 

1. Biographical Edwin Herbert, 1909–91, U.S. inventor and businessman: created the Polaroid camera.

-land, 

1. a combining form of land: hinterland;
   lowland.