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land

Main Entry:: ¹land
Function:: transitive verb
Language:: English

1 : desembarcar (pasajeros de un barco), hacer aterrizar (un avión) 2 catch : pescar, sacar (un pez) del agua 3 gain, secure : conseguir, ganar <to land a job : conseguir empleo> 4 deliver : dar, asestar <he landed a punch : asestó un puñetazo>

intransitive verb

1 : aterrizar, tomar tierra, atracar <the plane just landed : el avión acaba de aterrizar> <the ship landed an hour ago : el barco atracó hace una hora> 2 alight : posarse, aterrizar <to land on one's feet : caer de pie>

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