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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LAND'SCAPE, n.
1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including mountains, rivers, lakes, and whatever the land contains.
- Whilst the landscape round it measures, russet lawns and fallows gray, where the nibbling flocks do stray.
2. A picture, exhibiting the form of a district of country, as far as the eye can reach, or a particular extent of land and the objects it contains, or its various scenery.
3. The view or prospect of a district of country.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
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, landscape painting]
4: 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" v
1: embellish with plants; "Let's landscape the yard"
2: do landscape gardening; "My sons landscapes for corporations and earns a good living"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Dutch landschap, from land + -schap -ship Date: 1598 1. a. a picture representing a view of natural inland scenery b. the art of depicting such scenery 2. a. the landforms of a region in the aggregate b. a portion of territory that can be viewed at one time from one place c. a particular area of activity ; scene <the political landscape> 3. obsolete vista, prospect II. verb (landscaped; landscaping) Date: 1914 transitive verb to modify or ornament (a natural landscape) by altering the plant cover intransitive verb to engage in landscape gardening • landscaper noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 natural or imaginary scenery, as seen in a broad view. 2 (often attrib.) a picture representing this; the genre of landscape painting. 3 (in graphic design etc.) a format in which the width of an illustration etc. is greater than the height (cf. PORTRAIT). --v.tr. (also absol.) improve (a piece of land) by landscape gardening. Phrases and idioms: landscape gardener (or architect) a person who plans the layout of landscapes, esp. extensive grounds. landscape gardening (or architecture) the laying out of esp. extensive grounds to resemble natural scenery. landscape-marble marble with treelike markings. landscape-painter an artist who paints landscapes. Derivatives: landscapist n. Etymology: MDu. landscap (as LAND, -SHIP)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(landscapes, landscaping, landscaped) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The landscape is everything you can see when you look across an area of land, including hills, rivers, buildings, trees, and plants. ...Arizona's desert landscape... We moved to Northamptonshire and a new landscape of hedges and fields. N-VAR: oft supp N 2. A landscape is all the features that are important in a particular situation. June's events completely altered the political landscape. N-COUNT: with supp 3. A landscape is a painting which shows a scene in the countryside. N-COUNT 4. If an area of land is landscaped, it is changed to make it more attractive, for example by adding streams or ponds and planting trees and bushes. The gravel pits have been landscaped and planted to make them attractive to wildfowl... They had landscaped their property with trees, shrubs, and lawns. ...a smart suburb of landscaped gardens and wide streets. VERB: be V-ed, V n with n, V-ed, also V n • landscaping The landowner insisted on a high standard of landscaping.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. View, prospect, scene, rural scene.

Moby Thesaurus

airscape, aspect, cityscape, cloudscape, countryside, diorama, exterior, farmscape, interior, lookout, outlook, panorama, pastoral, perspective, prospect, riverscape, scape, scene, scenery, scenic view, seapiece, seascape, sight, skyscape, snowscape, sweep, townscape, view, vista, waterscape