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making landfall

making landfall is the present participle and gerund of make landfall.

Meaning of make landfall

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.

Questions about making landfall

What is making landfall the present participle and gerund of?
Making landfall is the present participle and gerund of make landfall.

Words near making landfall in the dictionary

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

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