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overlanded

overlanded is the simple past and past participle of overland.

Meaning of overland

Verb

overland (third-person singular simple present overlands, present participle overlanding, simple past and past participle overlanded)

  1. (Australia, transitive) To transport (especially sheep or other farm animals) over land.
    • Not long after, in 1878, Nathaniel Buchanan overlanded cattle from Queensland to Glencoe and Daly River stations in the Northern Territory.2000, Ian Parsonson, The Australian Ark: A History of Domesticated Animals in Australia, Csiro, →ISBN, page 102
    Synonyms:
    drove
  2. (Australia, intransitive) To travel across land.
  3. (intransitive) To go on a recreational expedition to a remote destination, often with the aid of an off-road vehicle.
    • I don't think any of them had done the backpacker thing and certainly hadn't overlanded through Africa before, as we had.2017 [2010], Pat Garrod, Bearback: The World Overland, paperback edition, Troubador, →ISBN

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Adjective

overlanded (not comparable)

  1. Exceeding the originally declared shipped quantity.
    • Overlanded cargo may be further defined as cargo which has been discharged at a port for which it was not intended according to the ship's manifest.2014, Peter Brodie, Commercial Shipping Handbook, third edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 280

Questions about overlanded

What does overlanded mean?
Overlanded means exceeding the originally declared shipped quantity.
What is overlanded the simple past and past participle of?
Overlanded is the simple past and past participle of overland.
What part of speech is overlanded?
Overlanded is an adjective.

Words near overlanded in the dictionary

  1. overlaminated
  2. overlaminates
  3. overlaminating
  4. overland
  5. Overland Park
  6. overlanded
  7. overlander
  8. overlanders
  9. overlanding
  10. overlands
  11. overlanguaged

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