landrover


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Noun1.Landrover - a car suitable for traveling over rough terrainlandrover - a car suitable for traveling over rough terrain
auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"
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Translations
نَوع سَيارات للسَّير على الأرض الخشِنَه
Landrover-jeppi

Landrover

® [ˈlændˌrəʊvəʳ] nLand Rover ® f inv
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

land

(lӕnd) noun
1. the solid part of the surface of the Earth which is covered by the sea. We had been at sea a week before we saw land.
2. a country. foreign lands.
3. the ground or soil. He never made any money at farming as his land was poor and stony.
4. an estate. He owns land/lands in Scotland.
verb
1. to come or bring down from the air upon the land. The plane landed in a field; They managed to land the helicopter safely; She fell twenty feet, but landed without injury.
2. to come or bring from the sea on to the land. After being at sea for three months, they landed at Plymouth; He landed the big fish with some help.
3. to (cause to) get into a particular (usually unfortunate) situation. Don't drive so fast – you'll land (yourself) in hospital/trouble!
ˈlanding noun
1. (an act of) coming or bringing to shore or to ground. an emergency landing; (also adjective) a landing place.
2. a place for coming ashore.
3. the level part of a staircase between flights of steps. Her room was on the first floor, across the landing from mine.
ˈlanding-gear noun
the parts of an aircraft that carry the load when it lands. The accident was caused by the failure of the plane's landing-gear.
ˈlanding-stage noun
a platform, fixed or floating, on which to land passengers or goods from a boat.
ˈlandlocked adjective
enclosed by land. a landlocked country; That area is completely landlocked.
ˈlandlordfeminine ˈlandlady (plural ˈlandladies) – noun
1. a person who has tenants or lodgers. My landlady has just put up my rent.
2. a person who keeps a public house. The landlord of the `Swan' is Mr Smith.
ˈlandmark noun
1. an object on land that serves as a guide to seamen or others. The church-tower is a landmark for sailors because it stands on the top of a cliff.
2. an event of great importance.
land mine
a mine laid on or near the surface of the ground, which is set off by something passing over it.
ˈlandowner noun
a person who owns land, especially a lot of land.
ˈLandrover® (-rouvə) noun
a type of strong motor vehicle used for driving over rough ground.
ˈlandslide noun
a piece of land that falls down from the side of a hill. His car was buried in the landslide.
ˈlandslide (victory) noun
a clear victory in an election. Their political party won a landslide victory.
ˈlandslide defeat noun
a clear defeat in an election.
land up
to get into a particular, usually unfortunate, situation, especially through one's own fault. If you go on like that, you'll land up in jail.
land with
to burden (someone) with (an unpleasant task). She was landed with the job of telling him the bad news.
see how the land lies
to take a good look at the circumstances before making a decision.
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References in periodicals archive ?
Police attended a burglary in Travells Hill, Normanton on Soar, at 4.20am on Saturday, April 27, where offenders in a Landrover Defender stole a Transit van.
Overnight leaders Alasdair Keith and Charles Mousley overcame fuel feed problems to complete the podium in their self-built V8 Landrover.
JAGUAR LANDROVER TO CUT UP TO 5,000 JOBS Jaguar Landrover announced it is cutting up to 5,000 jobs from its 40,000 strong UK workforce as part of a PS2.5bn cost-cutting plan caused by a downturn in Chinese sales, a slump in diesel sales and concerns about UK competitiveness post-Brexit.
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Ray Doull, of Glasgow, took the Clyde Muirshiel Judges' Choice Award, chosen by Regional Park Countryside Ranger Claire Devlin, in his Buick Rivera special (complete with drive-in movies speakers blasting out War of the Worlds), and the Power Door Best in Show trophy went to Alan Hewitson, of North Ayrshire, with his immaculate Landrover Series 2, a stunning example.
"In response to this news, I have already established a dialogue with Jaguar LandRover and will be working with them to limit the risk to local jobs and ensure a successful transition.
But then an old Landrover came up the road, and into the yard, and a man started getting out with his dog.
Police said the man's Honda motorcyle had struck a Landrover, which neighbours said was reversing out of a driveway, while the biker travelled down the road to the busy junction with Tarbock Road.
Mr Gwynne, 35, from Gloucester, was killed when his red Ford Focus crashed with a Landrover as he drove eastbound between Junctions 30 and 32 in Cardiff at about 6pm on Saturday.
| A new Landrover Discovery Graphite, priced on Landrover.co.uk's website at PS47,505.
They will start tomorrow in 7th place overall with plenty still to do to catch leaders LandRover BAR.