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land verb. [land] ME.
[from LAND noun1.]
verb trans. & intrans. Bring or come to land; put or go ashore; disembark. ME.
Mrs H. Ward His hansom landed him at the door of a great mansion. C. Isherwood The Soviet fleet will make an immediate dash for Swinemunde and begin to land troops. E. Saintsbury Charles Edward Stuart..landed on the west coast of Scotland in 1745.
b. verb trans. In pass. Be given the status of a landed immigrant. Canad. E20.
verb trans. Angling. Bring (a fish) to land, esp. with a hook or net. E17.
K. Kesey George told the doctor he'd have to land his fish or cut it loose.
b. fig. Catch (a person); gain or win (money, a prize, etc.); obtain (a job etc.), esp. against strong competition. M19.
C. P. Snow Neither he nor Kate could understand how she had finally landed him. S. Hastings Back in England he managed to land a job in the City. Today's Golfer Putts..good enough to land the claret jug, the title and the 75,000 first prize.
verb trans. & intrans. Bring to or arrive at a specified place, point or position; put in or end (up) in a specified (esp. unfortunate) position or situation. M17.
land on one's feet = fall on one's feet s.v. FALL verb.
I. Murdoch Liza's..lack of common sense constantly landed her in scrapes. N. Annan His business failed, he landed in a debtors' gaol. S. Middleton It was past eleven o'clock when he landed upstairs.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Set down or alight (from a vehicle). Now rare or obsolete. L17.
c. verb trans. Establish (a person) in a safe or favourable situation. slang. M19.
d. verb trans. & intrans. (Cause to) fall to the ground or strike a surface from above. M19.
J. B. Morton He went through the parlour floor and landed in the scullery below.
e. verb intrans. & trans. Alight on, or bring under control to, earth or some other surface after a flight. L19.
K. W. Gatland Instead of landing the entire space-ship, a secondary rocket will descend to the surface. F. Herbert A hawk landed on the sand near his outstretched hand. V. S. Naipaul To land at La Guaira airport..was to come down to a different country.
a. verb trans. Bring (a horse etc.) first past the winning-post. colloq. M19.
Times Sheikh Muhammad..landed two winners.
b. verb intrans. Win a race. colloq. M19.
a. verb trans. Encumber or burden (a person) with. M19.
Punch Spinks and I were landed with this..job just as we were about to leave.
b. verb trans. & intrans. (foll. by out). Strike (a blow). L19.
Harper Lee It was easy to grab his front hair and land one on his mouth.
With adverbs in specialized senses: land on (of an aircraft) touch down on the deck of an aircraft carrier. land up (a) verb phr. intrans. come eventually to a specified state; (b) verb phr. trans. fill or block up (a watercourse, pond, etc.) with earth; silt up.