Batten vs. Land
Difference Between Batten and Land
Battenverb
(intransitive) To become better; improve in condition, especially by feeding.
Landnoun
The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
Most insects live on land.Battenverb
To feed (on); to revel (in).
Landnoun
Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected.
There are 50 acres of land in this estate.Battenverb
(intransitive) To thrive by feeding; grow fat; feed oneself gluttonously.
Landnoun
A country or region.
They come from a faraway land.Battenverb
(intransitive) To thrive, prosper, or live in luxury, especially at the expense of others; fare sumptuously.
Robber barons who battened on the poorLandnoun
A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
Battenverb
(intransitive) To gratify a morbid appetite or craving; gloat.
Landnoun
The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
wet land; good or bad land for growing potatoesBattenverb
(transitive) To improve by feeding; fatten; make fat or cause to thrive due to plenteous feeding.
Landnoun
A general country, state, or territory.
He moved from his home to settle in a faraway land.Battenverb
(transitive) To fertilize or enrich, as land.
Landnoun
realm, domain.
I'm going to Disneyland.Maybe that's how it works in TV-land, but not in the real world.Battenverb
To furnish with battens.
Landnoun
(agriculture) The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.
Battenverb
(nautical) To fasten or secure a hatch etc using battens.
Landnoun
A fright.
He got an awful land when the police arrived.Battennoun
A thin strip of wood used in construction to hold members of a structure together or to provide a fixing point.
Landnoun
(electronics) A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
Battennoun
(nautical) A long strip of wood, metal, fibreglass etc., used for various purposes aboard ship, especially one inserted in a pocket sewn on the sail in order to keep the sail flat.
Landnoun
In a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
Battennoun
In stagecraft, a long pipe, usually metal, affixed to the ceiling or fly system in a theater.
Landnoun
(travel) The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
Our city offices sell a lot more land than our suburban offices.Battennoun
The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
Landnoun
(obsolete) The ground or floor.
Battennoun
stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
Landnoun
(nautical) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.
Battennoun
a strip fixed to something to hold it firm
Landnoun
In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows.
Battenverb
furnish with battens;
batten shipsLandnoun
(ballistics) The space between the rifling grooves in a gun.
Battenverb
secure with battens;
batten down a ship's hatchesLandnoun
lant; urine
Landverb
(intransitive) To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
The plane is about to land.Landverb
(dated) To alight, to descend from a vehicle.
Landverb
(intransitive) To come into rest.
Landverb
(intransitive) To arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water.
Landverb
(transitive) To bring to land.
It can be tricky to land a helicopter.Use the net to land the fish.Landverb
(transitive) To acquire; to secure.
Landverb
(transitive) To deliver.
Landadjective
Of or relating to land.
Landadjective
Residing or growing on land.
Landnoun
the land on which real estate is located;
he built the house on land leased from the cityLandnoun
material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use);
the land had never been plowedgood agricultural soilLandnoun
the solid part of the earth's surface;
the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over landthe earth shook for several minuteshe dropped the logs on the groundLandnoun
territory over which rule or control is exercised;
his domain extended into Europehe made it the law of the landLandnoun
the territory occupied by a nation;
he returned to the land of his birthhe visited several European countriesLandnoun
a domain in which something is dominant;
the untroubled kingdom of reasona land of make-believethe rise of the realm of cotton in the southLandnoun
extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use;
the family owned a large estate on Long IslandLandnoun
the people who live in a nation or country;
a statement that sums up the nation's moodthe news was announced to the nationthe whole country worshipped himLandnoun
a politically organized body of people under a single government;
the state has elected a new presidentAfrican nationsstudents who had come to the nation's capitolthe country's largest manufactureran industrialized landLandnoun
United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one-step photographic process (1909-1991)
Landnoun
working the land as an occupation or way of life;
farming is a strenuous lifethere's no work on the land any moreLandverb
reach or come to rest;
The bird landed on the highest branchThe plane landed in IstanbulLandverb
cause to come to the ground;
the pilot managed to land the airplane safelyLandverb
bring into a different state;
this may land you in jailLandverb
bring ashore;
The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the islandLandverb
deliver (a blow);
He landed several blows on his opponent's headLandverb
arrive on shore;
The ship landed in Pearl HarborLandverb
shoot at and force to come down;
the enemy landed several of our aircraftLandadjective
relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land;
land vehiclessea storiessea smellssea trafficLandadjective
operating or living or growing in water;
boats are aquatic vehicleswater lilies are aquatic plantsfish are aquatic animals
