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Landscape - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Landscape : (noun)
1: an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
2: painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery
3: a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery
[syn: landscape painting]
4: an extensive mental viewpoint; "the political landscape
looks bleak without a change of administration"; "we
changed the landscape for solving the proble of payroll
inequity"
(verb)
1: embellish with plants; "Let's landscape the yard"
2: do landscape gardening; "My sons landscapes for corporations
and earns a good living"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Landscape : \Land"scape\, n. [Formerly written also landskip.]
[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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Landscape |
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Tupalo: has a new spot King's Quality Landscape & Design in Lake Elsinore, California, United States - http://tupalo.com/en/s/2bveg6 |
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FlamingWhopper: @catenjohn And don't take photos of Landscape if children are running around playing in it. You have to wait til they've all left. |
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touchecomm: Large Format Landscape Digital http://bit.ly/5jqYOE |
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