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overland
1[ oh-ver-land, -luhnd ]
adverb
- by land; on terrain:
to travel overland rather than by sea.
- over or across the land:
a road that winds overland.
adjective
- proceeding, performed, or carried on overland:
the overland route to the West.
Overland
2[ oh-ver-luhnd ]
noun
- a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
overland
/ ˈəʊəˌæԻ /
adjective
- over or across land
verb
- history to drive (cattle or sheep) overland
Derived Forms
- ˈDZˌԻ, noun
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Americans, in the meantime, kept poking at nominally Spanish California from the sea and overland, looking for weak points and deploring what they and Europeans thought were wasted possibilities in California’s under-exploited amenities.
She and her partner said they arrived in Mexico City last week after a two-month overland trek.
“This simple measure has served to prevent spreading quagga and zebra mussels and is equally effective in stopping the overland spread of golden mussels,” officials said.
From there, he would attempt the overland journey to the US.
Countries in the European Union imported 40 percent of their gas from Russia before the invasion, most of it arriving overland or underwater via pipeline.
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