alight
(adjective, verb)
adjective
1. lighted up by or as by fire or flame
- candles alight on the tables
Similar word(s): lighted, lit, ablaze, afire, aflame, aflare
Sentences with alight as an adjective:
- The sticks were damp and wouldn't catch alight.
- Her face was alight with happiness.
verb
1. to come to rest, settle
Similar word(s): light, perch
Definition categories: motion, land
2. come down
- the birds alighted
Definition categories: motion, descend, fall
Sentences with alight as a verb:
- Passengers are alighting from the carriage
- A flying bird alights on a tree
- Snow alights on a roof.