26984 words

landings

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.
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.
Records of fish and shellfish landings must be submitted to the authorities that are monitoring fish stocks.

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