TOUCH DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does touch down mean? 

• TOUCH DOWN (verb)
  The verb TOUCH DOWN has 1 sense:

1. come or bring (a plane) to a landing

  Familiarity information: TOUCH DOWN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOUCH DOWN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Come or bring (a plane) to a landing

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

the plane touched down at noon

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)