Canadian English Meaning of alight

alight

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Definitions and Meaning of alight in English

Wordnet

alight (v)

to come to rest, settle

come down

Wordnet

alight (s)

lighted up by or as by fire or flame

Webster

alight (v. i.)

To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.

To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.

To come or chance (upon).

Webster

alight (a.)

Lighted; lighted up; in a flame.

FAQs About the word alight

alight

to come to rest, settle, come down, lighted up by or as by fire or flameTo spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismou

bright,illuminated,illuminated,light,lit,lit,ablaze,brightened,Lighthearted,floodlit

blackened,dark,darkened,Darkish,darkling,dimmed,dusk,dusky,gloomy,lightless

aligerous => winged, aliform => aliform, aliferous => winged, alife => Alife, aliethmoidal => alientoidal,