LANDSCAPE

landscape, landscape painting

(noun) a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery

landscape

(noun) painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery

landscape

(noun) an extensive mental viewpoint; “the political landscape looks bleak without a change of administration”; “we changed the landscape for solving the problem of payroll inequity”

landscape

(noun) an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view

landscape

(verb) do landscape gardening; “My sons landscapes for corporations and earns a good living”

landscape

(verb) embellish with plants; “Let’s landscape the yard”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

landscape (countable and uncountable, plural landscapes)

A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.

A sociological aspect of a physical area.

A picture representing a real or imaginary scene by land or sea, the main subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water, etc.

The pictorial aspect of a country.

(computing, printing, uncountable) a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides

A space, indoor or outdoor and natural or man-made (as in "designed landscape")

(figuratively) a situation that is presented, a scenario

Antonyms

• (printing mode): portrait

Meronyms

• See also landscape

Verb

landscape (third-person singular simple present landscapes, present participle landscaping, simple past and past participle landscaped)

Create or maintain a landscape.

Anagrams

• lap dances, lap-dances, lapdances

Source: Wiktionary

Land"scape, n. [Formerly written also landskip.] Etym: [D. landschap; land land + -schap, equiv. to E. -schip; akin to G. landschaft, Sw. landskap, Dan. landskab. See Land, and -schip.]

1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.

2. A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc.

3. The pictorial aspect of a country. The landscape of his native country had taken hold on his heart. Macaulay. Landscape gardening, The art of laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to produce a picturesque effect.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition