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UK
/ˌəʊvəlˈænd/
]
[ US /ˈoʊvɝˌɫænd, ˈoʊvɝɫənd/ ]
[ US /ˈoʊvɝˌɫænd, ˈoʊvɝɫənd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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traveling or passing over land
the overland route used by Marco Polo
an overland journey
How To Use overland In A Sentence
- Both forces used earth and logs to fortify their defensive fighting positions while fighting the 1864 Overland Campaign.
- Early this morning, Sprint was notified by the Overland Park Police of a non-specific bomb threat against Sprint World Headquarters.
- Kashmir was also a good centre for overland trade with Central Asia.
- A portage is a place between lakes and rivers where the waters become so shallow or rapid that they cannot be navigated, and the boats have to be lifted ashore and carried overland until it is possible to take to the water again. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 41, August 19, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
- Burma also represented a possible overland trade route to China.
- Search and rescue teams had since been combing the area with patrols following overland the route the plane would have taken.
- The surface of the Qingshui River used to be covered from bank to bank with fir trees which were being floated downriver to ports along the Yangtze River and then transported overland to Beijing, Nanjing and Xi'an.
- On a recent visit to Arran, I talked to an elderly resident who recalled that during her childhood there were small puffer boats that people could hop on to travel short distances around the coast, rather than travelling overland.
- The horsemen rode overland as the infantrymen and artillerists crowded onto railroad cars. Cavalryman of the Lost Cause
- Maurice is nervous about flying, so he usually travels overland.