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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)

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