laskeutua — meaning in English

English meaning

• alight verb To get off a vehicle or dismount from an animal.
• descend verb To move from a higher place to a lower one; to go down.
• dismount verb To get off something you were riding, such as a horse or bicycle.
• dive verb To plunge headfirst into water.
• drop noun A small round blob of liquid.
• fall verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.
• land noun The solid, dry part of the Earth's surface, as opposed to sea or sky.
• light noun Brightness that lets people see, from the sun, a lamp, or fire.
• pitch noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.
• subside verb To become calmer, weaker, or less intense over time.

Senses

laskeutua is used for these senses in English:

• alight Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.
• come down (intransitive) To descend, fall down, collapse.
• come down (intransitive, idiomatic) To return from an elevated state of consciousness (especially when drug-induced) or emotion.
• descend To come down to a humbler or less fortunate, or a worse or less virtuous, rank or state; to abase or lower oneself; to condescend or stoop to something.
• descend (astrology) Of a zodiac sign: to move away from the zenith towards the horizon; to sink; also, of a planet: to move to a place where it has less astrological significance.
• descend (intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.
• descend (transitive) To pass from a higher to a lower part of (something, such as a flight of stairs or a slope); to go down along or upon.
• dismount (ambitransitive) To (cause to) get off (something).

alight — full definition

1. verb To get off a vehicle or dismount from an animal.
2. verb To land after flying, or to come to rest somewhere.
3. adj On fire, or lit up with light.

descend — full definition

1. verb To move from a higher place to a lower one; to go down.
2. verb To be traced back to, or come from, an earlier generation or source.
3. verb To become worse or fall into a lower, more negative state.

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