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shingle (oh) and land 2, verb (oh)


shingle (oh)



[Sense: 1,3; Date: 1100-1200; Origin: Probably from Latin scindula 'flat piece of wood']
[Sense: 2; Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language]
[U and C] one of many small thin pieces of wood or another building material, fastened in rows to cover a roof or wall
[U] small round pieces of stone on a beach
::the crash of waves on the shingle
::a shingle beach
hang out your shingle
AmE to start your own business, especially as a doctor or lawyer

land 2, verb (oh)



2 W3S2 v
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1 ?plane/bird/insect?
2 ?arrive by boat/plane?
3 ?fall/come down?
4 ?goods/people?
5 ?job/contract etc?
6 land somebody in trouble/hospital/court etc
7 land somebody in it
8 ?problems?
9 land a punch/blow etc
10 land on your feet
11 ?catch fish?
Phrasal verbs
land up
land somebody with something
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?PLANE/BIRD/INSECT?
a) [I] if a plane, bird, or insect lands, it moves safely down onto the ground
-opposite take off take off
::Flight 846 landed five minutes ago.
::The bird landed gracefully on the water.
b) [T] to make a plane move safely down onto the ground at the end of a journey
::The pilot managed to land the aircraft safely.
?ARRIVE BY BOAT/PLANE?
[I] to arrive somewhere in a plane, boat etc
land on/in/at etc
::We expect to be landing in Oslo in about fifty minutes.
::In 1969, the first men landed on the moon.
?FALL/COME DOWN?
[I always + adverb/preposition] to come down through the air onto something
-synonym drop drop land in/on/under etc
::A large branch landed on the hood of my car.
::Louis fell out of the tree and landed in a holly bush.
::She fell and landed heavily on the floor.
::A couple of bombs landed quite near to the village.
?GOODS/PEOPLE?
[T] if a boat or aircraft lands people or goods, it brings them to a place, and the people get out or the goods are carried out
::The troops were landed by helicopter.
?JOB/CONTRACT ETC?
[T] informal to succeed in getting a job, contract etc that was difficult to get
::He landed a job with a law firm.
land yourself sth
::Bill's just landed himself a part in a Broadway show.
land sb in trouble/hospital/court etc
to cause someone to have serious problems or be in a difficult situation
::Connie's going to land herself in big trouble if she keeps arriving late for work.
::She developed pneumonia which landed her in hospital.
land sb in it
BrE spoken informal to get someone into trouble by telling Other people that they did something wrong
-synonym drop somebody in it drop somebody in it
::Geoff landed me in it by saying I should have checked that the door was locked.
?PROBLEMS?
[I always + adverb/preposition] to arrive unexpectedly, and cause problems
land in/on/under etc
::Just when I thought my problems were over, this letter landed on my desk.
land a punch/blow etc
to succeed in hitting someone
land on your feet
to get into a good situation again, after having problems
::She certainly landed on her feet when she got that job.
?CATCH FISH?
[T] to catch a fish
land up phr v
to be in a particular place, situation, or position after a lot of things have happened to you
-synonym end up end up land up in
::We landed up in a bar at 3 am.
::Be careful that you don't land up in serious Debt.
land up with
::I landed up with five broken ribs.
land with [land sb with sth] phr v
to give someone something unpleasant to do, because no one else wants to do it
::Maria's been landed with all the tidying up as usual.