"make landfall" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: makes landfall [present, singular, third-person], making landfall [participle, present], made landfall [participle, past], made landfall [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> landfall}} make landfall (third-person singular simple present makes landfall, present participle making landfall, simple past and past participle made landfall)
  1. (meteorology) (of a storm) to reach land Categories (topical): Meteorology
    Sense id: en-make_landfall-en-verb-9sYX3RFb Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
  2. (nautical) (of a ship) to arrive on shore, or sight the shore Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: make land
    Sense id: en-make_landfall-en-verb-jQZZuXk3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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