1. (

• landing ,

) an intermediate platform in a staircase ;

2. (

• landing ,
• landing_place

) structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods ;

3. (

• landing ,

) the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface); "the plane made a smooth landing"; "his landing on his feet was catlike" ;

4. (

• landing

) the act of coming to land after a voyage ;

1. (

• land ,
• set_down ,

) reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul" ;

2. (

• land ,
• put_down ,
• bring_down

) cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely" ;

3. (

• bring ,
• land

) bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail" ;

4. (

• land ,

) bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island" ;

5. (

• land

) deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's head" ;

6. (

• land ,
• set_ashore ,
• shore

) arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor" ;

7. (

• down ,
• shoot_down ,
• land ,

) shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" ;