Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

live off the land

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English

Syllables: live of-f the -land
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To sustain a living by consuming produce that one harvests or hunts from the countryside.

Inflected Forms

lives off the land (present, singular) living off the land (participle, present) lived off the land (participle, past) lived off the land (past)

Derived Forms

LOLBin

Synonyms

live off the country

Questions

What does live off the land mean?: To sustain a living by consuming produce that one harvests or hunts from the countryside.

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