Definition of landslides Landslides

/læˈndslajˌdz/ - [landslaydz] -

We found 3 definitions of landslides from 2 different sources.

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What does landslides mean?

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  • landslides (Noun)
    Plural of landslide.

Part of speech

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  • landslides, verb, present, 3rd person singular of landslide (infinitive).
  • landslides, noun, plural of landslide.

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: landslides

landslide - a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
  landslip
  slide the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"
  mudslide a landslide of mud
landslide - an overwhelming electoral victory; "Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide"
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  • landslide (Noun)
    A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.
  • landslide (Noun)
    A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • landslide (n.)
    The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc.
  • landslide (n.)
    The land which slips down.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • landslide
    Mass-movement landforms and processes involving the downslope transport, under gravitationary influence of soil and rock material en masse.

Wikipedia Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • A landslide includes a wide range of ground movement, such as rock falls, deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows.

    The biggest reason for a landslide is always that there is a slope and material goes down the slope because of gravity.

Part of speech

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  • landslide, verb, present, 1st person singular of landslide (infinitive).
  • landslide, verb (infinitive).
  • landslide, noun, singular of landslides.

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