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Adjective alight has 1 sense
- ablaze, afire, aflame, aflare, alight, blazing, burning, flaming, on fire - lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire"; "houses on fire"
Antonyms: unlighted, unlit (indirect, via lighted)
Verb alight has 2 senses
- alight, light, perch - to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him"
--1 is one way to land, set down
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- alight, climb down - come down; "the birds alighted"
--2 is one way to descend, fall, go down, come down
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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