Definition of Landing

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Landing

of Land

Of, pertaining to or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore.

A going or bringing on shore.

A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc.

The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.

Related Definitions:

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Landing Quotations

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
Winston Churchill

People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
Will Rogers

I live for playing live. All my records are live, since After the Gold Rush, with the exception of Trans and the vocals on Landing on Water.
Neil Young

In our gliding experiments we had had a number of experiences in which we had landed upon one wing, but the crushing of the wing had absorbed the shock, so that we were not uneasy about the motor in case of a landing of that kind.
Orville Wright

The rain, which had continued yesterday and last night, ceased this morning. We then proceeded, and after passing two small islands about ten miles further, stopped for the night at Piper's landing, opposite another island.
Meriwether Lewis

We were now back at Smith Landing, and fired with a desire to make another Buffalo expedition on which we should have ampler time and cover more than a mere corner of the range.
Ernest Thompson Seton

They say any landing you can walk away from is a good one.
Alan Shepard

Obviously I was challenged by becoming a Naval aviator, by landing aboard aircraft carriers and so on.
Alan Shepard

On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me from France took charge of me and placed me under the care of two Quaker ladies. To their skillful and untiring care I may safely say I owe my life.
John James Audubon

To die is landing on some distant shore.
John Dryden

Landing Translations

landing in Dutch is daling, landing
landing in French is atterrisage, atterrissant
landing in German is Landung, landend, Landung
landing in Italian is approdo
landing in Norwegian is trappeavsats, landing, nedslag, landsetting
landing in Portuguese is aterragem
landing in Spanish is desembarco, aterrizaje
landing in Swedish is trappavsats, landstigning

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