overland

¹

[oh-ver-land, -luhnd]

adverb

1. by land; on terrain.

   to travel overland rather than by sea.

2. over or across the land.

   a road that winds overland.

adjective

1. proceeding, performed, or carried on overland.

   the overland route to the West.

Overland

²

[oh-ver-luhnd]

noun

1. a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.

overland

/ ˈəʊvəˌlænd /

adjective

1. over or across land

verb

1. history to drive (cattle or sheep) overland

Other Word Forms

• overlander noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of overland¹

First recorded in 1325–75, overland is from the Middle English word overlond. See over-, land

Example Sentences

There in Africa, smugglers link up with al Qaeda-affiliated groups that escort the cargoes north and extort payments from the overland convoys, said current and former rebel leaders in northern Mali.

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The French foreign ministry advised citizens to depart on commercial flights while they are still available, and to avoid overland travel.

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Because he lacked identity documents, he traveled back to Colombia overland.

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There was an overland route from St. Louis and Memphis, Tenn., to San Francisco that required a roughly 22-day journey by horse-drawn stagecoach.

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They found that the Martian valleys' branching angles "are more similar to terrestrial valley networks incised by overland flow, than valley networks incised by re-emerging groundwater flow."

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