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Noun landing has 4 senses
- landing - an intermediate platform in a staircase
--1 is a kind of platform
--1 is a part of stairway, staircase, stairs, steps
- landing, landing place - structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods
--2 is a kind of structure, construction
--2 is a part of seaport, haven, harbor, harbour
--2 has parts: landing stage
--2 has particulars: dock, dockage, docking facility
- landing - the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface); "the plane made a smooth landing"; "his landing on his feet was catlike"
--3 is a kind of arrival
--3 has part: landing approach
--3 has particulars: touchdown; aircraft landing, airplane landing; splashdown
- landing - the act of coming to land after a voyage
--4 is a kind of arrival
--4 has particulars: amphibious landing; debarkation, disembarkation, disembarkment
Verb land has 7 senses
- land, set down - reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"
--1 is one way to arrive, get, come
Sample sentence:
The airplane is sure to land
- land, put down, bring down - cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
--2 is one way to arrive, get, come
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- bring, land - bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"
--3 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- land - bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"
--4 is one way to bring, convey, take
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- land - deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's head"
--5 is one way to deliver, drive home
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
- land, set ashore, shore - arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"
--6 is one way to arrive, get, come
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- down, shoot down, land - shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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