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# overland

«overland» in Mova's school dictionary: **Across land, by road or on foot, rather than by sea or by…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (overland); adjective (overland)

### meaning for a pupil

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

### sense 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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overland/#x2)
- The overland route through the desert took weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overland/#x3)
- Some animals migrate overland, others by sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overland/#x4)
- The explorers carried water on their overland trek. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overland/#x5)
- The overland telegraph line crossed Australia. [tree →](https://md.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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «overland» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overland/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.