lands

/ (lændz) /


pl n
  1. holdings in land

  2. Southern African the part of a farm on which crops are grown

Words Nearby lands

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How to use lands in a sentence

  • Migration to distant occupations or to foreign lands was but for the adventurous few.

  • But sharper and closer anxieties than any connected with rights to lands and homes were pressing upon Alessandro and Ramona.

    Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
  • The white ranchmen in the valley were all fencing in their lands; no more free running of stock.

    Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
  • Nevertheless she triumphed; he had made her a peeress, and she did care for that; she cared also for the broad lands of Hartledon.

    Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood
  • There is a deeper, richer soil, with far less stone on the level low lands.

    Glances at Europe | Horace Greeley