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alight
1[ uh-lahyt ]
verb (used without object)
- to dismount from a horse, descend from a vehicle, etc.
- to settle or stay after descending:
The bird alighted on the tree.
- to encounter or notice something accidentally.
alight
2[ uh-lahyt ]
adverb
- provided with light; lighted up.
- on fire; burning.
alight
1/ əˈɪ /
verb
- usually foll by from to step out (of) or get down (from)
to alight from a taxi
- to come to rest; settle; land
a thrush alighted on the wall
alight
2/ əˈɪ /
adjective
- burning; on fire
- illuminated; lit up
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of alight1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of alight1
Origin of alight2
Example Sentences
British Steel's blast furnaces are set to continue running with a delivery of enough raw materials to keep them alight for the "coming weeks" due on Tuesday, the government has said.
A number of houses and other properties have been set alight in recent weeks, with police confirming incidents in the east and west of Scotland were being treated as "potentially linked".
Metropolitan Police officers found both the car and the bus alight when they were called to Bedfont Road, Feltham just before midnight.
The violence started on 6 March when a beauty salon in Edinburgh was set alight in the early hours of the morning.
Cars were set alight and fireworks thrown at police after 100 to 150 people gathered in Ely on the evening of the crash.
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