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Landing

//ˈlændɪŋ// name, noun, verb

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Former name of Dease Lake (town).
  2. 2
    A barangay of Limay, Bataan, Philippines.
  3. 3
    A barangay of Pilar, Bataan, Philippines.
  4. 4
    A barangay of Tagkawayan, Quezon, Philippines.
  5. 5
    A barangay of Baliangao, Misamis Occidental, Philippines.
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  1. 6
    An unincorporated community in Roxbury, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
  2. 2
    the act of coming to land after a voyage wordnet
  3. 3
    A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.
  4. 4
    the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface) wordnet
  5. 5
    A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.

    "She crept up the stairs [...] On she went, across the landing, from which sprang the tall window, and up the next flight until she reached the top."

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  1. 6
    structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods wordnet
  2. 7
    The amount of fish caught, as in a specific area or on a particular expedition. in-plural

    "The huge quantity of landings was periodically causing fish prices to crash, creating unprecedented havoc in the marketplace."

  3. 8
    an intermediate platform in a staircase wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of land form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, land + -ing.

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, land + -ing.

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