adjective
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owning land
landed gentry
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consisting of or including land
a landed estate
Other Word Forms
- unlanded adjective
Etymology
Origin of landed
before 1000; late Middle English ( land, -ed 3 ); replacing Old English gelandod (rare), past participle of *landian to endow with land ( -ed 2 )
Example Sentences
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The 57-year-old said several drones and missiles had been shot down but no debris had landed nearby.
From BBC
This one feels like it probably sounded really funny and smart at the table read, but it landed with a thud for the audience because the premise was so muddled.
From Los Angeles Times
The exhibition, initially intended as a Gorillaz 25th anniversary event, has landed on the West Coast.
From Los Angeles Times
Had she not been there to see me fall and summon help, I would have been dead within minutes, as I landed in a position that cut off my breathing.
Kelly was instead shown a straight red for being deemed to have committed a serious foul after he landed on the back of Yilmaz's Achilles following an aerial challenge with the forward.
From BBC
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