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tuirling — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • alight verb To get off a vehicle or dismount from an animal.
  • dismount verb To get off something you were riding, such as a horse or bicycle.
  • 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.

Senses

tuirling is used for these senses in English:

  • come down (intransitive) To descend, fall down, collapse.
  • dismount (ambitransitive) To (cause to) get off (something).
  • land (intransitive) To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
  • light (archaic) To alight; to land or come down.

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.

dismount — full definition

  1. verb To get off something you were riding, such as a horse or bicycle.
  2. noun The act of getting off something you were riding, or the final move in a gymnastics routine.

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