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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
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