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# overland

adverb (overland); adjective (overland)

«overland» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Across land, by road or on foot, rather than by sea or by air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overland/#m1)

### In the lessons

In history and geography it describes long journeys: pioneers travelling overland by wagon in America, explorers crossing Australia, trade routes like the Silk Road. Phrases: travel overland, an overland route, overland journey.

### Examples

- The pioneers travelled overland in covered wagons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overland/#x1)
- We went overland by train from London to Rome instead of flying. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overland/#x2)
- The overland route through the desert took weeks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overland/#x3)
- Some animals migrate overland, others by sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overland/#x4)
- The explorers carried water on their overland trek. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overland/#x5)
- The overland telegraph line crossed Australia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overland/#x6)

### Note

One word. Can be adverb (they travelled overland) or adjective (an overland journey). Opposite: by sea, by air.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «overland» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overland/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«overland» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/overland.html) on Mova free.