alight
Speech parts
1. alight - Adjective
2. alight - Verb
3. alight - Adverb
4. alight - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
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).
Lighted; lighted up; in a flame.
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forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning
even the car's tires were aflame
a night aflare with fireworks
candles alight on the tables
houses on fire
the birds alighted