touch down

verb

Definition of touch downnext
as in to perch
to come to rest after descending from the air the plane will touch down in about 30 minutes

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Recent Examples of touch down So why did a twister touch down on Thursday in Nassau County on Long Island, along with a second one possibly hitting the Rockaways in Queens? — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2026 Tornado watches can last hours, and a tornado may never touch down. — Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Various of the titles will world premiere at Venice or Toronto before touching down at London. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026 The back-to-back storms are the latest in an unusually volatile year that has already brought a record-breaking number of tornadoes to Illinois, including an EF-0 tornado that touched down briefly in Naperville on June 11. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for touch down
Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch down
  1. perch
  2. land
  3. light
Verb
  • On the heels of the death of his longtime mate Jackie, bald eagle Shadow has been perching, singing and lounging at his Big Bear nest with a new companion.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Davis told the Las Vegas detective that after the shooting, his group parked the Cadillac behind the Carriage House hotel and perched the gun on the tire on the vehicle’s front passenger side.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of perch
Verb
  • The first deportation flight since TPS ended landed in Haiti last week with more than 160 passengers onboard, and authorities have said more flights are expected.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The throw arrived in time but landed several feet short, forcing Knizner in an awkward position to make a difficult pick.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of land
Verb
  • The simulations assumed a traffic density of 50-70 vehicles per kilometer—not rush hour but not light traffic either.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The stairs and elevator to light rail platforms on that side also will be shut down.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of light

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“Touch down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20down. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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