What is the meaning of the word "land"?

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  1. arrive on shore copy to clipboard verb
    • The ship landed in Pearl Harbor copy to clipboard
  2. bring ashore copy to clipboard verb
    • The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island copy to clipboard
  3. bring into a different state copy to clipboard verb
    • this may land you in jail copy to clipboard
  4. cause to come to the ground copy to clipboard verb
    • the pilot managed to land the airplane safely copy to clipboard
  5. extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use copy to clipboard noun
    • the family owned a large estate on Long Island copy to clipboard
  6. material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) copy to clipboard noun
    • the land had never been plowed copy to clipboard
  7. reach or come to rest copy to clipboard verb
    • The bird landed on the highest branch copy to clipboard
  8. shoot at and force to come down copy to clipboard verb
    • the enemy landed several of our aircraft copy to clipboard
  9. the land on which real estate is located copy to clipboard noun
    • I built the house on land leased from the city. copy to clipboard
  10. the solid part of the earth's surface copy to clipboard noun
    • the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land copy to clipboard
  11. the territory occupied by a nation copy to clipboard noun
    • They returned to the land of their birth. copy to clipboard
  12. to deliver a blow copy to clipboard verb
    • I landed several blows on my opponent's head. copy to clipboard

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