2002 Land Rover Freelander
Land Definition–noun | 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. | a. | 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. | | b. | any legal interest held in land. | | | 6. | Economics. 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. | 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. | Scot. a tenement house. | –verb (used with object) | 13. | to bring to or set on land: to land passengers or goods from a ship; to land an airplane. | | 14. | to bring into or cause to arrive in a particular place, position, or condition: His behavior will land him in jail. | | 15. | Informal. to catch or capture; gain; win: to land a job. | | 16. | Angling. to bring (a fish) to land, or into a boat, etc., as with a hook or a net. | –verb (used without object) | 17. | to come to land or shore: The boat lands at Cherbourg. | | 18. | to go or come ashore from a ship or boat. | | 19. | to alight upon a surface, as the ground, a body of water, or the like: to land on both feet. | | 20. | to hit or strike the ground, as from a height: The ball landed at the far side of the court. | | 21. | to strike and come to rest on a surface or in something: The golf ball landed in the lake. | | 22. | 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. | —Verb phrase | 23. | land on, Informal. to reprimand; criticize: His mother landed on him for coming home so late. | —Idioms | 24. | land on one's feet. foot (def. 40). | | 25. | 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. Compare lay of the land. | |
From Dictionary Rover Definition–noun | 1. | a person who roves; wanderer. | | 2. | Archery. | a. | a mark selected at random, as in a competition between two archers wandering over a specified area. | | b. | one of a group of fixed marks at a long distance. | | c. | an archer who shoots at such a mark. | | | 3. | Croquet. a ball that has been driven through all the arches and needs only to strike the last peg to be out of the game. | | 4. | British. | a. | (at concerts or the like) a person who has a ticket for standing room only. | | b. | a senior boy scout, 18 years of age or older. | | |
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