adj
Meaning 1
By or across land.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially, not-comparable
Examples
- Let's take the overland route.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
overland
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: OW1 V ER0 L AE2 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: OW1 V ER0 L AH0 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Over, across, or by land.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
Meaning 3
A trip by land between the UK and the Indian subcontinent or Australia, or between the UK and South Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: lifestyle, tourism, transport, travel
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verb
Meaning 4
To transport (especially sheep or other farm animals) over land.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drove
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To travel across land.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To go on a recreational expedition to a remote destination, often with the aid of an off-road vehicle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
traveling or passing over land
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an overland journey
- the overland route used by Marco Polo
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From over + land.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: сухопътен (suhopǎten) — by or across land
- Finnish: maa- — by or across land
- Bulgarian: по суша (po suša) — over, across or by land
- Finnish: maitse — over, across or by land
- Finnish: maate pitkin — over, across or by land
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