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
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
• (printing mode): portrait
• See also landscape
landscape (third-person singular simple present landscapes, present participle landscaping, simple past and past participle landscaped)
Create or maintain a landscape.
• 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
13 January 2025
(noun) the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); “a good soak put life back in the wagon”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
