dictionary definitions for "landed"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  landed
      adj 1: owning or consisting of land or real estate; "the landed
             gentry"; "landed property" [ant: landless]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Land \Land\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Landed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Landing.]
     1. To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft;
        to disembark; to debark.
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              I 'll undertake to land them on our coast. --Shak.
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     2. To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a
        fish.
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     3. 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.
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     4. Specifically: (Aeronautics) To pilot (an airplane) from
        the air onto the land; as, to land the plane on a highway.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Landed \Land"ed\, a.
     1. Having an estate in land.
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              The House of Commons must consist, for the most
              part, of landed men.                  --Addison.
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     2. Consisting in real estate or land; as, landed property;
        landed security.
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