Alight
[ə'laɪt]
Definition
(verb.) come down; 'the birds alighted'.
(verb.) to come to rest, settle; 'Misfortune lighted upon him'.
Editor: Margaret--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.
(v. i.) To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.
(v. i.) To come or chance (upon).
(a.) Lighted; lighted up; in a flame.
Checker: Mattie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Stop or rest (after flight).[2]. Dismount, descend, get down.
Checked by Emil
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Perch, drop, descend, dismount
ANT:Mount, ascend, spring, soar, start
Inputed by Katherine
Definition
adj. on fire: lighted up.
v.i. to come down as from a horse (from): to descend: to land anywhere (upon): to fall upon.
Editor: Rosalie
Examples
- He did not want to go up the public streets with her, his soul all naked and alight as it was. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- His whole nature seemed serenely alight. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She heard the sledge, saw Ursula and Birkin alight, and she shrank from these also. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And I will wait in my bedroom, with only one candle alight. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- All Stilbro' Moor, alight and aglow with bonfires, would not have stopped them, nor would Calder or Aire thundering in flood. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Hang by your hands and you will alight safely on a level floor of soft sand. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It is Jarvis Lorry who has alighted and stands with his hand on the coach door, replying to a group of officials. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I alighted at Perdita's ancient abode, her cottage; and, sending forward the carriage, determined to walk across the park to the castle. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I alighted softly upon the ground, however, without appreciable shock or jar. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- When we had again alighted, and were walking in the starlight along the quiet road that led to the Doctor's house, I told Agnes it was her doing. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- We passed through several towns, and in one, a very large one, the coach stopped; the horses were taken out, and the passengers alighted to dine. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But some of the visitors alighted and did not depart after the handsome treating to veal and ham. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- They thought much more of alighting at the convent door, and warming themselves at the convent fire. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Alighting on his feet, he took Clennam by the button-hole, led him behind the pump, and pantingly produced from his pocket a bundle of papers. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- In the first instant of alighting, Mrs. Sparsit turned her distracted eyes towards the waiting coaches, which were in great request. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- On my alighting there he turned the carriage, and dashed away again without so much as a look in my direction. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- There Mr Merdle insisted on alighting and going his way a-foot, and leaving his poor equipage at Mr Dorrit's disposition. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Mr. Bucket's eye, after taking a pigeon-flight round the room, alights upon a table where letters are usually put as they arrive. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A great moth goes humming by me; it alights on a plant at Mr. Rochester's foot: he sees it, and bends to examine it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- When the driver stops his horses, Mr. George alights, and looking in at the window, says, What, Mr. Tulkinghorn's your man, is he? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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