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ablaze
Radiant with bright color:
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  1. Radiant with bright color:
  2. Blazing; flaming
  3. On fire; burning brightly
afire
Intensely interested.
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  1. Intensely interested.
  2. On fire.
aflame
Keenly excited and interested.
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  1. Keenly excited and interested.
  2. On or as if on fire.
burning
That burns
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  1. That burns
  2. Characterized by intense emotion; passionate:
  3. Marked by flames or intense heat:
conflagrant
Burning; ablaze
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  1. Burning; ablaze
fiery
Consisting of or containing fire.
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  1. Consisting of or containing fire.
  2. Charged with emotion; spirited:
  3. Burning or glowing.
flaming
Resembling a flame in brilliance, color, or form:
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  1. Resembling a flame in brilliance, color, or form:
  2. On fire; ablaze.
  3. Burning with flames; blazing
land
To set (a vehicle) down on land or another surface:
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  1. To set (a vehicle) down on land or another surface:
  2. (--- Informal) To win; secure:
  3. To bring to and unload on land:
light
To provide, cover, or fill with light; illuminate:
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  1. To provide, cover, or fill with light; illuminate:
  2. Electromagnetic energy of a wavelength just outside the range the human eye can detect, such as infrared light and ultraviolet light.
  3. In a light manner; lightly.
set down
To place, especially on the ground or a surface; to cease carrying.
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  1. To place, especially on the ground or a surface; to cease carrying.
  2. (Idiomatic) To write
settle
To become more dense or compact by sinking, as sediment or loose soil does when shaken
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  1. To become more dense or compact by sinking, as sediment or loose soil does when shaken
  2. To move downward; sink or descend, especially gradually:
  3. To discontinue moving and come to rest in one place:
Find another word for alight. In this page you can discover 16 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for alight, like: ablaze, afire, aflame, burning, conflagrant, fiery, flaming, land, light, set down and settle.

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  • alight during each service till Whitsuntide.

  • 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.

  • She climbed into the back of the Jeep, shooing Cynthia from having to alight to fold down the front seat.

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

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

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