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1 alight
I intransitive verb1) aussteigen2) [Vogel:] sich niedersetzenII predicative adjective(on fire)be/catch alight — brennen
set something alight — etwas in Brand setzen
* * *I past tense, past participle - alighted; verb1) (to get down from or out of: to alight from a bus.) aussteigenII adjective* * *alight1[əˈlaɪt]adj pred1. (on fire)to be \alight in Flammen stehen, brennento get a fire \alight ein Feuer in Gang bringento set sth \alight etw in Brand stecken [o setzen]; ( fig)to set sb \alight jdn begeistern2. (shining brightly)▪ to be \alight strahlenher eyes were \alight with mischief ihre Augen blitzten schalkhaftalight2[əˈlaɪt]vi2. (land)▪ to \alight on [or upon] sth bird, butterfly auf etw dat landen, sich akk auf etw dat niederlassen geh; ( fig)her eyes \alighted upon a painting ihr Blick fiel auf ein Gemälde3. (find)* * *I [ə'laɪt] (form)vi1) (person) aussteigen (from aus); (from horse) absitzen (from von)2) (bird) sich niederlassen (on auf +dat)3)IIto alight on a fact/an idea etc — auf ein Faktum/eine Idee etc stoßen
adj predto be alight (fire) — brennen; (building also) in Flammen stehen
to set sth alight — etw in Brand setzen or stecken
* * *alight1 [əˈlaıt] prät und pperf alighted, alit [əˈlıt] v/i2. (on, upon) (sanft) fallen( auf akk) (Schnee), sich niederlassen (auf dat oder akk), sich setzen (auf akk) (Vogel)3. FLUG niedergehen, landen4. allg landen:alight on one’s feet auf die Füße fallenalight2 [əˈlaıt] adv & präd adj1. in Brand, in Flammen:be alight in Flammen stehen, brennen;catch alight Feuer fangen;set alight in Brand setzen oder stecken, anzünden;he (his invention) didn’t set the world alight er (seine Erfindung) hat nicht gerade für Furore gesorgt2. erleuchtet, erhellt ( beide:with von):his face was alight with happiness sein Gesicht oder er strahlte vor Glück* * *I intransitive verb1) aussteigen2) [Vogel:] sich niedersetzenII predicative adjectivebe/catch alight — brennen
* * *v.(§ p.,p.p.: alit)= landen v.
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