[
US
/ˈɫændɪŋ/
]
[ UK /lˈændɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /lˈændɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods
- the act of coming to land after a voyage
- an intermediate platform in a staircase
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the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface)
the plane made a smooth landing
his landing on his feet was catlike
How To Use landing In A Sentence
- The pilot shut off the motors and glided down to the landing field.
- The pilot straps himself to this bulky rig in a standing position, controlling it with joysticks during vertical takeoff and landing - or VTOL, as we say in the hover biz.
- In the days following the D-Day landings, Allied troops carved a tenuous foothold on the coast of Normandy.
- This is Europe's problem too," went the refrain, after more than 1,400 immigrant had arrived in Tenerife and Gran Canaria in the previous week, making 2,000 landing in the month, mostly from Senegal and Mali. The pace quickens
- We will fight them on the landing grounds. Times, Sunday Times
- Dravid was out attempting to hit a six, the ball landing with the deep midwicket fielder.
- The plane landed after the landing gear had deployed.
- The crew jettisoned excess fuel and made an emergency landing.
- The landing zone had been drenched by days of rain. The Sun
- The team have drawn up a list of three potential sites for landing stages for the punts, the first at Castle Mill, the second at the Coppergate Centre, the third on the Hungate site.
