Alight

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To come down and settle, as after flight: a sparrow alighting on a branch.
  • verb-intransitive. To get down, as from a vehicle; dismount: The queen alighted from the carriage.
  • verb-intransitive. To come by chance: alight on a happy solution.
  • adj. Burning; lighted: The discarded match was still alight.
  • adj. Illuminated: The sky was alight with millions of stars.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make light or less heavy; lighten; alleviate.
  • v. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.
  • v. To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop.
  • v. To come or chance (upon).
  • v. To light; light up; illuminate.
  • v. To set light to; light.
  • adj. Lit, on fire, switched on.
  • adj. Lit; on fire, burning.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.
  • verb-intransitive. To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop
  • verb-intransitive. To come or chance (upon).
  • adj. Lighted; lighted up; in a flame.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To light; light up; illuminate.
  • To set light to; light (a fire, lamp, etc.).
  • Provided with light; lighted up; illuminated.
  • To make light or less heavy; lighten; alleviate.
  • To get down or descend, as from horseback or from a carriage; dismount.
  • To settle or lodge after descending: as, a bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.
  • To fall (upon); come (upon) accidentally, or without design; light: as, to alight on a particular passage in a book, or on a particular fact; to alight on a rare plant.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. to come to rest, settle
  • adj. lighted up by or as by fire or flame
  • v. come down
  • Equivalent
    lit    lighted   
    Verb Form
    alighted    alighting    alights    alit   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    setdown    land    godown    fall    descend    comedown   
    Cross Reference
    dismount   
    Form
    alighted    alit    alighting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dismount    lighted    detrain   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bright    Dwight    Knight    Night    White    Wight    Wright    allright    alright    beit   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ablaze    aflame    intoxicated    fraught    alive    radiant    awash    awake    inflame    astir