26984 words

landing

7 definitions • 13 examples
1
the fact of an aircraft arriving on the ground or a boat reaching land:

Examples:

emergency landing The pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in a field.
crash landing The plane was forced into a crash landing and suffered extensive damage.
The ship's captain and crew were preparing for landing.
2
the fact of a person or object arriving on the ground after a fall or jump:

Examples:

safe landing She opened her parachute and drifted to a safe landing.
A bottle in his back pocket broke in the fall and made the landing especially painful.
3
the action of a person, especially an athlete, arriving with their feet on the ground after a jump or movement:

Examples:

She placed last in the vault routine as she struggled to control her landings.
He skated toward his coach smiling after a clean landing.
The long jumper has really improved her landings.
4
an area of floor that joins two sets of stairs or that leads from the top of a set of stairs to rooms
5
a floor between two sets of stairs or at the top of a set of stairs:

Examples:

There is another bathroom on the landing between the first and second floors.
6
the act of an aircraft arriving on the ground, or of a boat reaching land:

Examples:

The plane made a safe landing on Lake Michigan beach.
The pilot was cleared for an emergency landing after reporting smoke in the cockpit.
7
the act of taking goods off an aircraft or boat, or the amounts that are taken off:

Examples:

His job is to supervise the loading and landing of goods at the quayside.

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