Landed

Landed
Land Land, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Landed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Landing}.] 1. To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft; to disembark; to debark. [1913 Webster]

I 'll undertake to land them on our coast. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish. [1913 Webster]

3. To set down after conveying; to cause to fall, alight, or reach; to bring to the end of a course; as, he landed the quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and landed in the mud; to land one in difficulties or mistakes. [1913 Webster]

4. Specifically: (Aeronautics) To pilot (an airplane) from the air onto the land; as, to land the plane on a highway. [PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Landed — Студийный альбом …   Википедия

  • Landed — can refer to:*Landed, an album by the band Can * Landed, a musical group from Providence, Rhode Island *The song Landed , the lead single from Ben Folds 2005 album Songs for Silverman *Landed property disambig …   Wikipedia

  • Landed — Land ed, a. 1. Having an estate in land. [1913 Webster] The House of Commons must consist, for the most part, of landed men. Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. Consisting in real estate or land; as, landed property; landed security. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Landed — à Allentown, Pennsylvanie. Landed est un groupe de noise rock formé à Providence (Rhode Island) en 1997. Ils ont sorti différents albums chez Load Records. Le groupe est aujourd hui reconnu pour sa forte influence sur la scène rock de Providence… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • landed — UK US /ˈlændɪd/ adjective [before noun] ► COMMERCE, TRANSPORT used to describe the total price of goods that are taken somewhere, including tax, insurance, and transport costs: »Get an accurate estimate of the landed cost of your products by… …   Financial and business terms

  • landed — [lan′did] adj. 1. owning land [landed gentry] 2. consisting of, or having the nature of, land or real estate [a landed estate] …   English World dictionary

  • landed — index proprietary Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 landed adj. Consisting of land; …   Law dictionary

  • landed — possessed of land, late O.E. gelandod; see LAND (Cf. land) …   Etymology dictionary

  • landed — ► ADJECTIVE 1) owning much land, especially through inheritance. 2) consisting of or relating to such land …   English terms dictionary

  • landed — land|ed [ lændəd ] adjective used for describing people who own a lot of land, especially when their family has owned it for a long time: a member of the landed gentry He married into an old landed family. the landed classes/aristocracy: He… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • landed — UK [ˈlændɪd] / US [ˈlændəd] adjective a) used for describing people who own a lot of land, especially when their family has owned it for a long time a member of the landed gentry He married into an old landed family. the landed… …   English dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”