landscape

/ˈlændskeɪp/

/ˈlændskeɪp/

Other forms: landscapes; landscaping; landscaped

To landscape is to enhance a space with plants. If you landscape your yard with flowering plants and trees — and you have a green thumb — you'll end up with a beautiful garden.

If you paint nature scenes, like mountains, lakes, or fields, your art is called landscape painting. If you don't paint that well, however, and the perspective on your landscapes is always a little bit off, you can try landscape photography instead. Any expanse of natural scenery that can be seen from one viewpoint is also called a landscape. The artistic meaning of landscape is the earliest, dating from the 1600s.

Definitions of landscape

1. noun

   an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
   type of:

   scenery

   the appearance of a place
2. noun

   painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery
   type of:

   painting, picture

   graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
3. noun

   a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery
   synonyms: landscape painting

   type of:

   genre

   a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique
4. verb

   embellish with plants
   “Let's landscape the yard”

   type of:

   adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament

   make more attractive by adding ornament, color, etc.
5. verb

   do landscape gardening
   type of:

   garden

   work in the garden
6. 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”

   type of:

   point of view, stand, standpoint, viewpoint

   a mental position from which things are viewed