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• alight — a|light1 [əˈlaıt] adj [not before noun] [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Probably from a + light] 1.) burning ▪ The car was set alight and pushed over a hill. 2.) literary someone whose face or eyes are alight looks excited, happy, etc alight with… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• alight — [[t]əla͟ɪt[/t]] alights, alighting, alighted 1) ADJ: v n ADJ, v link ADJ If something is alight, it is burning. Several buildings were set alight... The gas fire was still alight. Syn: ablaze 2) ADJ: v link ADJ, oft ADJ with n If someone s eyes… …   English dictionary

• alight — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ catch (esp. BrE) ▪ His clothing caught alight. ▪ remain, stay (both esp. BrE) ▪ The fire should rem …   Collocations dictionary

• alight — 1. verb /əˈlaɪt/ a) (with from) To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount; as , passengers alighting from the carriage. b) (with on) To descend and settle …   Wiktionary

• alight — 1. v.intr. 1 a (often foll. by from) descend from a vehicle. b dismount from a horse. 2 descend and settle; come to earth from the air. 3 (foll. by on) find by chance; notice. Etymology: OE alihtan (as A (2), lihtan LIGHT(2) v.) 2. predic.adj. 1… …   Useful english dictionary

• alight — I verb 1) he alighted from the train Syn: get off, step off, disembark from, pile out of; detrain, deplane; dismount Ant: get on, board 2) a swallow alighted on a branch Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• alight — vb 1 *descend, dismount Contrasted words: mount, *ascend, scale, climb 2 Alight, light, land, perch, roost share the meaning to come to rest after or as if after a flight, a descent, or a fall. Alight suggests previous controlled or gentle… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• alight upon — alight (up)on (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb Archaic. To find or meet by chance: bump into, chance on (or upon), come across, come on (or upon), find, happen on (or upon), light on (or upon), run across, run into, stumble on (or upon), tumble on.… …   English dictionary for students

• alight on — alight (up)on (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb Archaic. To find or meet by chance: bump into, chance on (or upon), come across, come on (or upon), find, happen on (or upon), light on (or upon), run across, run into, stumble on (or upon), tumble on.… …   English dictionary for students

• alight — 1 adjective (not before noun) 1 burning: set sth alight: Several cars were set alight by rioters. 2 someone whose face or eyes are alight is excited and happy 3 bright with light or colour 2 verb (I) formal 1 if a bird or insect alights on… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• alight — I. /əˈlaɪt / (say uh luyt) verb (i) (alighted or alit /əˈlɪt / (say uh lit), alighting) 1. to get down from a horse or out of a vehicle; dismount. 2. to settle or stay after descending: a bird alights on a tree. 3. (of aircraft) to land. –phrase… …