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Definitions for Landing

[1] the act of a person or thing that lands: The pilot brought his plane in for a landing.
[2] a place where persons or goods are landed, as from a ship: The boat moored at the landing.
[3] Architecture . a platform between flights of stairs. the floor at the head or foot of a flight of stairs.
[4] Shipbuilding . the overlap of two plates or planks, as in a clinker-built shell. the distance between the center of a rivet hole and the edge of the plate or shape into which it is cut.
[5] any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow's nest.
[6] an area of ground with reference to its nature or composition: arable land.
[7] an area of ground with specific boundaries: to buy land on which to build a house.
[8] rural or farming areas, as contrasted with urban areas: They left the land for the city.
[9] Law . any part of the earth's surface that can be owned as property, and everything annexed to it, whether by nature or by the human hand. any legal interest held in land.
[10] Economics . natural resources as a factor of production.
[11] a part of the surface of the earth marked off by natural or political boundaries or the like; a region or country: They came from many lands.
[12] the people of a region or country
[13] Audio . the flat surface between the grooves of a phonograph record.
[14] a realm or domain: the land of the living.
[15] a surface between furrows, as on a millstone or on the interior of a rifle barrel.
[16] Scot. a tenement house.
[17] to bring to or set on land: to land passengers or goods from a ship; to land an airplane.
[18] to bring into or cause to arrive in a particular place, position, or condition: His behavior will land him in jail.
[19] Informal . to catch or capture; gain; win: to land a job.
[20] Angling . to bring (a fish) to land, or into a boat, etc., as with a hook or a net.
[21] to come to land or shore: The boat lands at Cherbourg.
[22] to go or come ashore from a ship or boat.
[23] to alight upon a surface, as the ground, a body of water, or the like: to land on both feet.
[24] to hit or strike the ground, as from a height: The ball landed at the far side of the court.
[25] to strike and come to rest on a surface or in something: The golf ball landed in the lake.
[26] to come to rest or arrive in a particular place, position, or condition (sometimes followed by up ): to land in trouble; to land up 40 miles from home.
[27] land on , Informal . to reprimand; criticize: His mother landed on him for coming home so late.
[28] the act of coming to land, esp after a flight or sea voyage (as modifier ) landing place
[29] a place of disembarkation
[30] the floor area at the top of a flight of stairs or between two flights of stairs
[31] the solid part of the surface of the earth as distinct from seas, lakes, etc Related adjective: terrestrial
[32] ground, esp with reference to its use, quality, etc (in combination ) land-grabber
[33] rural or agricultural areas as contrasted with urban ones
[34] farming as an occupation or way of life
[35] law any tract of ground capable of being owned as property, together with any buildings on it, extending above and below the surface any hereditament, tenement, or other interest; realty
[36] a country, region, or area the people of a country, etc
[37] a realm, sphere, or domain
[38] economics the factor of production consisting of all natural resources
[39] the unindented part of a grooved surface, esp one of the ridges inside a rifle bore
[40] how the land lies the prevailing conditions or state of affairs
[41] to transfer (something) or go from a ship or boat to the shore land the cargo
[42] (intr) to come to or touch shore
[43] to come down or bring (something) down to earth after a flight or jump
[44] to come or bring to some point, condition, or state
[45] (tr) angling to retrieve (a hooked fish) from the water
[46] (tr) informal to win or obtain to land a job
[47] (tr) informal to deliver (a blow)
[48] Edwin Herbert. 1909–91, US inventor of the Polaroid Land camera
[49] any of the federal states of Germany any of the provinces of Austria

Words related to Landing

dock, berth, wharf, quay, anchorage, jetty, platform, slip, marina, pier

Words nearby Landing

landgrab, landgrave, landgraviate, landgravine, landholder, landing, landing beacon, landing beam, landing card, landing clerk, landing craft

Origin of Landing

before 900; Middle English (noun and v.), Old English (noun); cognate with Dutch, German, Old Norse, Gothic land; akin to Irish lann, Welsh llan church (orig. enclosure), Breton lann heath. See lawn1

Other words from Landing

post·land·ing , adjective
land·like , adjective
re·land , verb
un·der·land , noun

Word origin for Landing

Old English; compare Old Norse, Gothic land, Old High German lant

Synonyms for Landing

dock, anchorage, berth, jetty, marina, pier, platform, quay, slip, wharf, landing place