Land vs. Ground

Land and Ground Definitions
Land
The solid ground of the earth.
Ground
The solid surface of the earth.
Land
Ground or soil
Tilled the land.
Ground
The floor of a body of water, especially the sea.
Land
A topographically or functionally distinct tract
Desert land.
Prime building land.
Ground
Soil; earth
Level the ground for a lawn.
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Land
A nation; a country.
Ground
Often grounds An area of land designated for a particular purpose
A burial ground.
Parade grounds.
Land
The people of a nation, district, or region.
Ground
Often grounds The land surrounding or forming part of a house or another building
A guesthouse on the grounds of the mansion.
Land
Lands Territorial possessions or property.
Ground
An area or a position that is contested in or as if in battle
The soldiers held their ground against the enemy. Character witnesses helped the defendant stand her ground in the trial.
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Land
Public or private landed property; real estate.
Ground
Something that serves as a foundation or means of attachment for something else
A ground of white paint under the mural.
Land
(Law) The solid material of the earth as well as the natural and manmade things attached to it and the rights and interests associated with it.
Ground
A surrounding area; a background.
Land
An agricultural or farming area
Wanted to buy a house on the land.
Ground
Often grounds The foundation for an argument, belief, or action; a basis.
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Land
Farming considered as a way of life.
Ground
Often grounds The underlying condition prompting an action; a cause
Grounds for suspicion.
A ground for divorce.
Land
An area or realm
The land of make-believe.
The land of television.
Ground
The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
Look, I found a ten dollar bill on the ground!
Land
The raised portion of a grooved surface, as on a phonograph record.
Ground
(uncountable) Terrain.
Land
To bring to and unload on land
Land cargo.
Ground
Soil, earth.
The worm crawls through the ground.
The fox escaped from the hounds by going to ground.
Land
To set (a vehicle) down on land or another surface
Land an airplane smoothly.
Land a seaplane on a lake.
Ground
(countable) The bottom of a body of water.
Land
(Informal) To cause to arrive in a place or condition
Civil disobedience will land you in jail.
Ground
Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
Land
To catch and pull in (a fish)
Landed a big catfish.
Ground
, (epistemic) justification, cause.
You will need to show good grounds for your action.
He could not come on grounds of health, or on health grounds.
Land
(Informal) To win; secure
Land a big contract.
Ground
Background, context, framework, surroundings.
Land
(Informal) To deliver
Landed a blow on his opponent's head.
Ground
(historical) The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
Land
To come to shore
Landed against the current with great difficulty.
Ground
Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
Land
To disembark
Landed at a crowded dock.
Ground
The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
Crimson flowers on a white ground
Land
To descend toward and settle onto the ground or another surface
The helicopter has landed.
Ground
(sculpture) A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
Land
(Informal) To arrive in a place or condition
Landed at the theater too late for the opening curtain.
Landed in trouble for being late.
Ground
(point lace) The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
Brussels ground
Land
To come to rest in a certain way or place
Slipped and landed on his shoulder.
Ground
(etching) A gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
Land
The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
Most insects live on land.
Ground
One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them.
Land
Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected.
There are 50 acres of land in this estate.
Ground
(countable) A soccer stadium.
Manchester United's ground is known as Old Trafford.
Land
A country or region.
They come from a faraway land.
Ground
An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
Land
A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
Ground
The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).
Land
The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
Wet land; good or bad land for growing potatoes
Ground
(music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
Land
Realm, domain.
I'm going to Disneyland.
Maybe that's how it works in TV-land, but not in the real world.
Ground
(music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
Land
(agriculture) The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.
Ground
The pit of a theatre.
Land
A shock or fright.
He got an awful land when the police arrived.
Ground
(US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
Land
(electronics) A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
Ground
(transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
If you don't clean your room, I'll have no choice but to ground you.
Eric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night!
My kids are currently grounded from television.
Land
On a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
Ground
(transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.
Land
(travel) The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
Our city offices sell a lot more land than our suburban offices.
Ground
To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
Jim was grounded in maths.
Land
(obsolete) The ground or floor.
Ground
(baseball) To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).
Land
(nautical) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.
Ground
To place something on the ground.
Land
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.
Ground
(intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
The ship grounded on the bar.
Land
(ballistics) The space between the rifling grooves in a gun.
Ground
To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
Land
A group of dwellings or tenements under one roof and having a common entry.
Ground
(fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
Land
Lant; urine
Ground
To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
I ground myself with meditation.
Land
(intransitive) To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
The plane is about to land.
Ground
Simple past tense and past participle of grind
I ground the coffee up nicely.
Land
(dated) To alight, to descend from a vehicle.
Ground
Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
Ground mustard seed
Land
(intransitive) To come into rest.
Ground
Processed by grinding.
Lenses of ground glass
Land
(intransitive) To arrive on land, especially a shore or dock, from a body of water.
Ground
The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or some indefinite portion of it.
There was not a man to till the ground.
The fire ran along upon the ground.
Land
(transitive) To bring to land.
It can be tricky to land a helicopter.
Use the net to land the fish.
Ground
Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region; territory; country.
From . . . old Euphrates, to the brook that parts Egypt from Syrian ground.
Land
To capture or arrest.
Ground
Land; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens, lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the grounds of the estate are well kept.
Thy next design is on thy neighbor's grounds.
Land
(transitive) To acquire; to secure.
Ground
The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope.
Land
To succeed in having sexual relations with; to score
Too ugly to ever land a chick
Ground
That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a white ground.
Land
(transitive) (of a blow) To deliver.
If you land a knockout blow, you’ll win the match
Ground
A gummy composition spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
Land
(intransitive) (of a punch) To connect
If the punches land, you might lose a few teeth!
Ground
One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; - usually in the plural.
Land
(intransitive) To go down well with an audience.
Some of the comedian's jokes failed to land.
Ground
A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
On that ground I'll build a holy descant.
Land
Urine. See Lant.
Ground
A conducting connection with the earth, whereby the earth is made part of an electrical circuit.
Land
The solid part of the surface of the earth; - opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage.
They turn their heads to sea, their sterns to land.
Ground
Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs; lees; feces; as, coffee grounds.
Land
Any portion, large or small, of the surface of the earth, considered by itself, or as belonging to an individual or a people, as a country, estate, farm, or tract.
Go view the land, even Jericho.
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,Where wealth accumulates and men decay.
A poor parson dwelling upon land [i.e., in the country].
Ground
The pit of a theater.
There is no way for duty to prevail, and get ground of them, but by bidding higher.
These nine . . . began to give me ground.
Land
Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; as, wet land; good or bad land.
Ground
To lay, set, or run, on the ground.
Land
The inhabitants of a nation or people.
These answers, in the silent night received,The king himself divulged, the land believed.
Ground
To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
Being rooted and grounded in love.
So far from warranting any inference to the existence of a God, would, on the contrary, ground even an argument to his negation.
Land
The mainland, in distinction from islands.
Ground
To instruct in elements or first principles.
Land
The ground or floor.
Herself upon the land she did prostrate.
Ground
To connect with the ground so as to make the earth a part of an electrical circuit.
Land
The ground left unplowed between furrows; any one of several portions into which a field is divided for convenience in plowing.
Ground
To forbid (a pilot) to fly an airplane; - usually as a disciplinary measure, or for reasons of ill health sufficient to interfere with performance.
Land
Any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever, as meadows, pastures, woods, etc., and everything annexed to it, whether by nature, as trees, water, etc., or by the hand of man, as buildings, fences, etc.; real estate.
Ground
To forbid (aircraft) to fly; - usually due to the unsafe condition of the aircraft or lack of conformity to safety regulations; as, the discovery of a crack in the wing of a Trijet caused the whole fleeet to be grounded for inspection.
Land
The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; - called also landing.
Ground
To temporarily restrict the activities of (a child), especially social activity outside the house; - usually for bad or unsatisfactory conduct; as, Johnny was grounded for fighting at school and can't go to the movies for two weeks.
Land
In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level part of a millstone between the furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun between the grooves.
Ground
To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed; as, the ship grounded on the bar.
Land
To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft; to disembark; to debark.
I 'll undertake to land them on our coast.
Ground
The solid part of the earth's surface;
The plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land
The earth shook for several minutes
He dropped the logs on the ground
Land
To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish.
Ground
A rational motive for a belief or action;
The reason that war was declared
The grounds for their declaration
Land
To set down after conveying; to cause to fall, alight, or reach; to bring to the end of a course; as, he landed the quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and landed in the mud; to land one in difficulties or mistakes.
Ground
The loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface;
They dug into the earth outside the church
Land
To pilot (an airplane) from the air onto the land; as, to land the plane on a highway.
Ground
A relation that provides the foundation for something;
They were on a friendly footing
He worked on an interim basis
Land
To come to the end of a course; to arrive at a destination, literally or figuratively; as, he landed in trouble; after hithchiking for a week, he landed in Los Angeles.
Ground
A position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle);
They gained ground step by step
They fought to regain the lost ground
Land
To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark.
Ground
The part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground;
He posed her against a background of rolling hills
Land
To reach and come to rest on land after having been in the air; as, the arrow landed in a flower bed; the golf ball landed in a sand trap; our airplane landed in Washington.
Ground
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 plowed
Good agricultural soil
Land
The land on which real estate is located;
He built the house on land leased from the city
Ground
A relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
Land
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 plowed
Good agricultural soil
Ground
A connection between an electrical device and the earth (which is a zero voltage)
Land
The solid part of the earth's surface;
The plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land
The earth shook for several minutes
He dropped the logs on the ground
Ground
(art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
Land
Territory over which rule or control is exercised;
His domain extended into Europe
He made it the law of the land
Ground
The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
Land
The territory occupied by a nation;
He returned to the land of his birth
He visited several European countries
Ground
Fix firmly and stably;
Anchor the lamppost in concrete
Land
A domain in which something is dominant;
The untroubled kingdom of reason
A land of make-believe
The rise of the realm of cotton in the south
Ground
Confine or restrict to the ground;
After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot
Land
Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use;
The family owned a large estate on Long Island
Ground
Place or put on the ground
Land
The people who live in a nation or country;
A statement that sums up the nation's mood
The news was announced to the nation
The whole country worshipped him
Ground
Instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
Land
A politically organized body of people under a single government;
The state has elected a new president
African nations
Students who had come to the nation's capitol
The country's largest manufacturer
An industrialized land
Ground
Bring to the ground;
The storm grounded the ship
Land
United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one-step photographic process (1909-1991)
Ground
Hit or reach the ground
Land
Working the land as an occupation or way of life;
Farming is a strenuous life
There's no work on the land any more
Ground
Throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
Land
Reach or come to rest;
The bird landed on the highest branch
The plane landed in Istanbul
Ground
Hit a groundball;
He grounded to the second baseman
Land
Cause to come to the ground;
The pilot managed to land the airplane safely
Ground
Hit onto the ground
Land
Bring into a different state;
This may land you in jail
Ground
Cover with a primer; apply a primer to
Land
Bring ashore;
The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island
Ground
Connect to a ground;
Ground the electrical connections for safety reasons
Land
Deliver (a blow);
He landed several blows on his opponent's head
Ground
Use as a basis for; found on;
Base a claim on some observation
Land
Arrive on shore;
The ship landed in Pearl Harbor
Ground
Broken or pounded into small fragments; used of e.g. ore or stone;
Paved with crushed bluestone
Ground glass is used as an abrasive
Land
Shoot at and force to come down;
The enemy landed several of our aircraft
Land
Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land;
Land vehicles
Sea stories
Sea smells
Sea traffic
Land
Operating or living or growing in water;
Boats are aquatic vehicles
Water lilies are aquatic plants
Fish are aquatic animals