Alight synonyms

ə-līt'

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bright
Bright means in an intelligent manner, or in a light way.
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land
(Intransitive) To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
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arrive
To come; said of time.
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perch
To stand, sit, or rest on an elevated place or position.
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afire
Intensely interested.
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radiant
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lighted
Simple past tense and past participle of light
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rest
To give rest to; refresh by rest
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roost
To stay or settle down, as for the night
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burning
Marked by flames or intense heat:
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fiery
Inflamed
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flaming
On fire; ablaze.
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light
To start to burn; be ignited or kindled:
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touch down
(American football) To score a touchdown
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in a blaze
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in-flames
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move (related)
To change posture or position; stir:
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climb-down
(Idiomatic, sometimes followed by from) To abandon, withdraw from, or soften a previously expressed opinion, argument, etc.
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ablaze (related)
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deplane
To disembark from an airplane.
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set down
To place, especially on the ground or a surface; to cease carrying.
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aflame
Showing anger or contempt
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settle
To put into order; arrange as desired:
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hot (related)
Close to a successful solution or conclusion:
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aflare
lighted up by or as by fire or flame
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on-fire
lighted up by or as by fire or flame
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downwind
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upwind
Exposed to the wind
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disemplane
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disembark
To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or airplane; to debark.
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dismount
(Computing) to make a hard drive unavailable for use
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aglow
In a glow (of color or emotion)
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conflagrant
Brightly burning
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Alight Sentence Examples

  • Prior to its construction, a school bus could only pass over it empty, necessitating the children to alight, walk, and rejoin their transportation of the far side.

  • These are scattered over the field and alight on other flowering wheat plants.

  • Roly's boys made sure the campfire was kept alight day and night.

  • Prince Andrew got out of the carriage, helped his little wife to alight, and let her pass into the house before him.

  • This would then be set alight and once the flames had died down the cattle would be driven through the smoking embers.

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