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TOUCH DOWN
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Come or bring (a plane) to a landing
Example:
the plane touched down at noon
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "touch down" is one way to...):
land; set down (reach or come to rest)
Domain category:
aircraft (a vehicle that can fly)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
touchdown (a landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of airplanes)