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make landfall

make landfall verb: (of a storm) To reach land.

Verb

make landfall (third-person singular simple present makes landfall, present participle making landfall, simple past and past participle made landfall)

  1. (of a storm) To reach land.
  2. (of a ship) To arrive on shore, or sight the shore.

Forms of make landfall

third-person singular presentmakes landfall
present participlemaking landfall
past participlemade landfall
pastmade landfall
alternative formmake land

Questions about make landfall

What does make landfall mean?
Make landfall means (of a storm) To reach land.
What part of speech is make landfall?
Make landfall is a verb.
What is the past tense of make landfall?
The past tense of make landfall is made landfall.

Words near make landfall in the dictionary

  1. make it so that
  2. make it up as one goes along
  3. make it up to
  4. make known
  5. make land
  6. make landfall
  7. make lemonade
  8. make light of
  9. make light work of
  10. make like
  11. make like a baby and head out

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