LAND


Meaning of LAND in English

(UNLOAD) [verb] [T] - to unload (people or things) from a ship or aircraft onto the groundThe fishermen's blockade is intended to prevent cheap foreign imports of fish being landed at the port.The general's plan involved landing undercover troops behind enemy lines.Landing craft are small boats with flat bottoms that open at one end and are used to take soldiers and their equipment from a ship onto land that is controlled by enemy forces.A landing stage is a flat structure, often wooden and floating, that acts as a bridge with the land when loading and unloading boats or ships.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.