Bur vs. Land

Burnoun

A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.

Burnoun

Any of several plants having such husks.

Burnoun

A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.

Burnoun

alternative form of burr|nodot=yes(small piece of material)

Burnoun

Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock; a seed vessel having hooks or prickles. Also, any weed which bears burs.

Burnoun

The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2.

Burnoun

A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4.

Burnoun

The lobe of the ear. See Burr, n., 5.

Burnoun

The sweetbread.

Burnoun

A clinker; a partially vitrified brick.

Burnoun

A small circular saw.

Burnoun

The round knob of an antler next to a deer's head.

Burnoun

seed vessel having hooks or prickles

Burnoun

small bit used in dentistry or surgery

Burverb

remove the burrs from

Burnoun

see burr (sense 2 of the noun, bur sense 3 of the noun, bur sense 5 of the noun, bur sense 6 of the noun)

Bur

A bur (also spelled burr) is a seed or dry fruit or infructescence that has hooks or teeth. Some other forms of diaspores, such as the stems of certain species of cactus also are covered with thorns and may function as burs.

Landnoun

The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.

Landnoun

Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected.

Landnoun

A country or region.

Landnoun

A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.

Landnoun

The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.

Landnoun

A general country, state, or territory.

Landnoun

realm, domain.

Landnoun

(agriculture) The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.

Landnoun

A fright.

Landnoun

(electronics) A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.

Landnoun

In a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.

Landnoun

(travel) The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.

Landnoun

(obsolete) The ground or floor.

Landnoun

(nautical) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.

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.

Landnoun

(ballistics) The space between the rifling grooves in a gun.

Landnoun

lant; urine

Landverb

(intransitive) To descend to a surface, especially from the air.

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.

Landverb

(transitive) To acquire; to secure.

Landverb

(transitive) To deliver.

Landadjective

Of or relating to land.

Landadjective

Residing or growing on land.

Landnoun

Urine. See Lant.

Landnoun

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.

Landnoun

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.

Landnoun

Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; as, wet land; good or bad land.

Landnoun

The inhabitants of a nation or people.

Landnoun

The mainland, in distinction from islands.

Landnoun

The ground or floor.

Landnoun

The ground left unplowed between furrows; any one of several portions into which a field is divided for convenience in plowing.

Landnoun

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.

Landnoun

The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; - called also landing.

Landnoun

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.

Landverb

To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft; to disembark; to debark.

Landverb

To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish.

Landverb

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.

Landverb

To pilot (an airplane) from the air onto the land; as, to land the plane on a highway.

Landverb

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.

Landverb

To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark.

Landverb

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.

Landnoun

the land on which real estate is located;

Landnoun

material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use);

Landnoun

the solid part of the earth's surface;

Landnoun

territory over which rule or control is exercised;

Landnoun

the territory occupied by a nation;

Landnoun

a domain in which something is dominant;

Landnoun

extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use;

Landnoun

the people who live in a nation or country;

Landnoun

a politically organized body of people under a single government;

Landnoun

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;

Landverb

reach or come to rest;

Landverb

cause to come to the ground;

Landverb

bring into a different state;

Landverb

bring ashore;

Landverb

deliver (a blow);

Landverb

arrive on shore;

Landverb

shoot at and force to come down;

Landadjective

relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land;

Landadjective

operating or living or growing in water;

Landnoun

a state of Germany or Austria.

Landverb

put (someone or something) on land from a boat

Landverb

go ashore; disembark

Landverb

bring (a fish) to land with a net or rod

Landverb

succeed in obtaining or achieving (something desirable), especially in the face of competition

Landverb

come down through the air and rest on the ground or another surface

Landverb

bring (an aircraft or spacecraft) to the ground or the surface of water in a controlled way

Landverb

reach the ground after falling or jumping

Landverb

(of an object) come to rest after falling or being thrown

Landverb

(of something undesirable or unexpected) arrive suddenly

Landverb

cause someone to be in (a difficult situation)

Landverb

inflict (an unwelcome task or difficult situation) on someone

Landverb

inflict (a blow) on someone

Land

Land is the solid surface of Earth that is not permanently submerged in water. The vast majority of human activity throughout history has occurred in land areas that support agriculture, habitat, and various natural resources.