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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Landscape \Land"scape\, noun [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. Compare {seascape}.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "landscape": 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
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