English Explanatory Dictionary

landing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
  2. An amphibious or airborne invasion.
  3. A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.
  4. A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
  5. The amount of fish caught, as in a specific area or on a particular expedition.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of land
name
  1. Former name of Dease Lake (town).
  2. A barangay of Limay, Bataan, Philippines.
  3. A barangay of Pilar, Bataan, Philippines.
  4. A barangay of Tagkawayan, Quezon, Philippines.
  5. A barangay of Baliangao, Misamis Occidental, Philippines.
  6. An unincorporated community in Roxbury, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈlændɪŋ/ en-us-landing.ogg

Word forms

landing landings

Etymology

By surface analysis, land + -ing.

Antonyms

takeoff

Derived words

airlanding autolanding balked landing belly landing bicycle landing gear black landing Bradbury Landing Chinese landing crash landing crash-landing Crows Landing deadstick landing Dease Lake Landing Dease Landing emergency landing entry-descent-landing Fields Landing forced landing full-stop landing gear-up landing greased landing half-landing happy landing happy landings hard landing Hollands Landing instrument landing system Knights Landing landing corridor landing craft landing craft tank landing field landing gear landing net landing pad landing page landing party landing place landing roll landing ship landing stage landing strip landing vehicle tracked landing waiter landing zone Mays Landing moon landing Moss Landing optical landing system pancake landing postlanding prelanding rejected landing soft landing stick the landing superhero landing tandem landing gear three-point landing touch-and-go landing water landing
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