Landing
['lændɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of coming to land after a voyage.
(noun.) the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface); 'the plane made a smooth landing'; 'his landing on his feet was catlike'.
(noun.) structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods.
(noun.) an intermediate platform in a staircase.
Editor: Sasha--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Land
(a.) Of, pertaining to or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore.
(n.) A going or bringing on shore.
(n.) A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc.
(n.) The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Coming to land.[2]. Landing-place.
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Examples
- William was soon calling out from the landing-place of the second story for his mother and for Rebecca. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It might be for a day or for two days, but I must be lost sight of on landing, or there would be recognition, anticipation, and failure. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The road from his first position to Pittsburg landing was direct and near the river. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Could it be the tempest which, as she passed the landing of the first floor, blew open the drawing-room door? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The storm appeared to approach rapidly; and, on landing, I ascended a low hill, that I might observe its progress. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- To return to the Army of the Potomac: The 2d corps commenced crossing the James River on the morning of the 14th by ferry-boats at Wilcox's Landing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I rushed madly from the room on to the landing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Jip would bark and caper round us, and go on before, and look back on the landing, breathing short, to see that we were coming. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Birkin rowed without speaking to the landing-stage. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Later in the evening Black Michael joined them long enough to instruct them to make their preparations for landing on the morrow. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Introduces the next The passengers were landing from the packet on the pier at Calais. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He looked along the dark landing. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- On the landing she paused to look about her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Away at the landing stage, tiniest points of coloured rays were stringing themselves in the dusk. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Just as I was at the end of the landing the library door opened and the two gentlemen came out. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- After leaving Miss Rachel's room, I stopped a moment on one of the landings, by myself, to see if I had got the paint-stain by any chance on MY gown. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She surely couldn't have got off in the night at any of the landings, for I was awake, and on the lookout, whenever the boat stopped. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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