Meaning

1 senses
  1. (especially, not comparable)By or across land.

    Let's take the overland route.

    traveling or passing over land

Examples

2 sentences
  1. It's very difficult to transport them overland, but simple to do so by sea.

    ruОчень трудно перевозить их по суше, но легко это сделать по морю. — Selena777

    deEs ist schwierig, es auf dem Landweg zu transportieren, aber einfach, es auf dem Seeweg zu transportieren. — xtofu80

  2. The overland trails and the relatively slow pace of the wagon trains were deceptively peaceful.

Origin

From over + land.

From over + land.

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Antonyms

1 antonyms
by or across land:overwater

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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