Overland

Quick meaning: Overland is an adjective meaning (especially of travel) By or across land.

Meaning

(especially of travel) By or across land.

More Meanings

1. Over, across, or by land.
2. (travel) A trip by land between the UK and the Indian subcontinent or Australia, or between the UK and South Africa.
3. (transitive, Australia) To transport (especially sheep or other farm animals) over land.
4. (intransitive, Australia) To travel across land.
5. (intransitive) To go on a recreational expedition to a remote destination, often with the aid of an off-road vehicle.

Example Sentences

Let's take the overland route.

So, sir. I desire of you A conduct overland to Milford Haven.

To prevent this, he practised that none of the Companies servauntes shuld be suffered to goe overland with letters.

I don't think any of them had done the backpacker thing and certainly hadn't overlanded through Africa before, as we had.

Word Forms

• overlands
• overlanding
• overlanded

Synonyms for overland

Depending on context, synonyms include drove.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include land, road, run-off, surface, inland, onshore.

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