overland
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overland
Where it comes from
From over + land.
adjective
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By or across land.
Let's take the overland route.
Opposite: overwater
adverb
- Over, across, or by land. To prevent this, he practised that none of the Companies servauntes shuld be suffered to goe overland with letters.
noun overlands
- A trip by land between the UK and the Indian subcontinent or Australia, or between the UK and South Africa.
verb overlands · overlanding · overlanded
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To transport (especially sheep or other farm animals) over land.
Not long after, in 1878, Nathaniel Buchanan overlanded cattle from Queensland to Glencoe and Daly River stations in the Northern Territory.
Similar: drove
- To travel across land.
- To go on a recreational expedition to a remote destination, often with the aid of an off-road vehicle. I don't think any of them had done the backpacker thing and certainly hadn't overlanded through Africa before, as we had.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: land, road, run-off, surface, inland, onshore, runoff, ground, earthly, earth, wild, mainland, terrestrial, land-based, landward, overground
Talk about this word "overland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/overland. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. overland. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/overland "overland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/overland.Cite this
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