Alight
verb
To get down from something, especially a vehicle or animal.
He alighted from the bus at the terminal.
Often appears as...
- alight from a vehicle
- alight from a horse
adjective
On fire; burning.
The wood was alight with the crackle of the flames.
Often appears as...
- wood is alight
- room was alight
adjective
Glowing with light; illuminated.
Her eyes were alight with happiness.
Often appears as...
- eyes are alight
- face is alight
Usage tips
Poetic
verb
To stop and stay somewhere, especially for a short time.
We will alight in New York for a few hours before continuing our journey.
Often appears as...
- alight in a city
- alight for a break
verb
To get down from something, especially a vehicle or animal.
He alighted from the bus at the terminal.
Often appears as...
- alight from a vehicle
- alight from a horse
adjective
On fire; burning.
The wood was alight with the crackle of the flames.
Often appears as...
- wood is alight
- room was alight
adjective
Glowing with light; illuminated.
Her eyes were alight with happiness.
Often appears as...
- eyes are alight
- face is alight
Usage tips
Poetic
verb
To stop and stay somewhere, especially for a short time.
We will alight in New York for a few hours before continuing our journey.
Often appears as...
- alight in a city
- alight for a break
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Transportation Action
Used when leaving transportation; focus on the action of descending.
She alighted from the train gracefully.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Movement
Involves physical movement; often used when describing someone getting down from a vehicle or mount.
After a long journey, the rider alighted from his horse.
Pro Tip 1/2Transportation Action
Used when leaving transportation; focus on the action of descending.
She alighted from the train gracefully.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Movement
Involves physical movement; often used when describing someone getting down from a vehicle or mount.
After a long journey, the rider alighted from his horse.
Pro Tip 1/2Transportation Action
Used when leaving transportation; focus on the action of descending.
She alighted from the train gracefully.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Movement
Involves physical movement; often used when describing someone getting down from a vehicle or mount.
After a long journey, the rider alighted from his horse.
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Living with Urban Lions...
put our ivory on the market that is what's killing our elephants we're going to burn it we're going to make a statement to the world in this really audacious statement we're 12 tons of ivory worth many millions of dollars was set alight and there was my research it all went up in smoke but it was an extraordinary moment for
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How radio telescopes...
you camped out underneath the stars and you looked towards the south. You saw the south's celestial pole, the galaxy rising. If I fade in the radio light, this is what we observe with our survey. You can see that the galactic plane is no longer dark with dust. It's alight with synchrotron radiation,
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Geographic Bee 2010 - GA...
peaches on our license plates and an annual peach drop on year's eve even have peaches and our portable toilets so even though you don't produce as much as you can clearly see we still observe the title if I was in charge of the roof for one day I will do most is alight get a
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How playing an...
The neuroscientists saw multiple areas of the brain light up, simultaneously processing different information in intricate, interrelated, and astonishingly fast sequences. But what is it about making music that sets the brain alight? The research is still fairly new,
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Epic Fails of...
talking about the butterflies that when they flew away reveal the pool of pig feces that they were that they were had alighted upon and it just made me think of what kinds of unsavory things you may have stumbled upon inadvertently it deep
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How to write descriptivel...
So when you write, use well-chosen words to engage sound, sight, taste, touch, smell, and movement. Then create unexpected connotations among your story elements, and set your readers' brushfire imaginations alight.
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Life of Insects PIPE...
beetle larvae are producing a perfume a pheromone that is exactly like that emitted by a female bee he alights in order to mate and in seconds is covered by the larvae that swarm all over him at
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Sir David Attenborough...
he alights in order to mate and in seconds is covered by the larvae that swarm all over him at first he seems stunned by the shock of his sudden increase in weight but then he's off again
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Why should you read...
What if William Shakespeare had a sister who matched his imagination, his wit, and his way with words? Would she have gone to school and set the stage alight?
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Let’s put the romance...
demystify but to mystify let us make the familiar strange again always and keep that flame alight thank you
Video examples
Living with Urban Lions...
put our ivory on the market that is what's killing our elephants we're going to burn it we're going to make a statement to the world in this really audacious statement we're 12 tons of ivory worth many millions of dollars was set alight and there was my research it all went up in smoke but it was an extraordinary moment for
Video examples
How radio telescopes...
you camped out underneath the stars and you looked towards the south. You saw the south's celestial pole, the galaxy rising. If I fade in the radio light, this is what we observe with our survey. You can see that the galactic plane is no longer dark with dust. It's alight with synchrotron radiation,
Video examples
Geographic Bee 2010 - GA...
peaches on our license plates and an annual peach drop on year's eve even have peaches and our portable toilets so even though you don't produce as much as you can clearly see we still observe the title if I was in charge of the roof for one day I will do most is alight get a
Video examples
How playing an...
The neuroscientists saw multiple areas of the brain light up, simultaneously processing different information in intricate, interrelated, and astonishingly fast sequences. But what is it about making music that sets the brain alight? The research is still fairly new,
Video examples
Epic Fails of...
talking about the butterflies that when they flew away reveal the pool of pig feces that they were that they were had alighted upon and it just made me think of what kinds of unsavory things you may have stumbled upon inadvertently it deep
Video examples
How to write descriptivel...
So when you write, use well-chosen words to engage sound, sight, taste, touch, smell, and movement. Then create unexpected connotations among your story elements, and set your readers' brushfire imaginations alight.
Video examples
Life of Insects PIPE...
beetle larvae are producing a perfume a pheromone that is exactly like that emitted by a female bee he alights in order to mate and in seconds is covered by the larvae that swarm all over him at
Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
he alights in order to mate and in seconds is covered by the larvae that swarm all over him at first he seems stunned by the shock of his sudden increase in weight but then he's off again
Video examples
Why should you read...
What if William Shakespeare had a sister who matched his imagination, his wit, and his way with words? Would she have gone to school and set the stage alight?
Video examples
Let’s put the romance...
demystify but to mystify let us make the familiar strange again always and keep that flame alight thank you
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Terry Pratchett
English Author
I think when people mean that Discworld books have become darker they really mean the series is growing up. In 'The Colour of Magic' most of the city is set alight. It's a joke, in much the same way that the Earth is destroyed almost at the start of Douglas Adams's 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
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Neel Mukherjee
Indian Writer
In any restaurant, my eyes alight first, as if by an atavistic pull, on the meat dishes on the menu. In any dinner party I throw, I think of the non-vegetarian dish as central. I view this as a combination of weakness, greed and moral failure. Someone please help.
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Sherwin B. Nuland
American Scientist
Where the despair of loneliness and poverty haunts every hour, the optimism to embark on new projects cannot find a place to alight on the brain's cortex. Poverty itself is an enormous obstacle to an enlightened and enlightening - not to say healthy - old age.
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Charles Perrault
French Author
The King's son, who was told that a great princess, whom nobody knew, was come, ran out to receive her. He gave her his hand as she alighted from the coach, and led her into the hall where the company were assembled.
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Toussaint Louverture
Haitian Leader
I have taken my flight in the region of eagles; when I alight, it must be on a rock, and that rock must be a constitutional government, of which I shall be the head so long as I shall be among men.
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Brian Moore
Irish Novelist
As always on this boulevard, the faces were young, coming annually in an endless migration from every country, every continent, to alight here once in the long journey of their lives.
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John Bachman
American Clergyman
I never found either this or the Northern Shrike return to such prey for food. I have seen them alight on the same thorn bush afterwards, but never made any use of this kind of food.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power over me than any other whatsoever, for my heart always alights upon the nearest perch.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
American Novelist
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
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Philip Guedalla
English Historian
People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
I think when people mean that Discworld books have become darker they really mean the series is growing up. In 'The Colour of Magic' most of the city is set alight. It's a joke, in much the same way that the Earth is destroyed almost at the start of Douglas Adams's 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
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Neel Mukherjee
Indian Writer
In any restaurant, my eyes alight first, as if by an atavistic pull, on the meat dishes on the menu. In any dinner party I throw, I think of the non-vegetarian dish as central. I view this as a combination of weakness, greed and moral failure. Someone please help.
Quote examples
Sherwin B. Nuland
American Scientist
Where the despair of loneliness and poverty haunts every hour, the optimism to embark on new projects cannot find a place to alight on the brain's cortex. Poverty itself is an enormous obstacle to an enlightened and enlightening - not to say healthy - old age.
Quote examples
Charles Perrault
French Author
The King's son, who was told that a great princess, whom nobody knew, was come, ran out to receive her. He gave her his hand as she alighted from the coach, and led her into the hall where the company were assembled.
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Toussaint Louverture
Haitian Leader
I have taken my flight in the region of eagles; when I alight, it must be on a rock, and that rock must be a constitutional government, of which I shall be the head so long as I shall be among men.
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Brian Moore
Irish Novelist
As always on this boulevard, the faces were young, coming annually in an endless migration from every country, every continent, to alight here once in the long journey of their lives.
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John Bachman
American Clergyman
I never found either this or the Northern Shrike return to such prey for food. I have seen them alight on the same thorn bush afterwards, but never made any use of this kind of food.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power over me than any other whatsoever, for my heart always alights upon the nearest perch.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
American Novelist
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
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Philip Guedalla
English Historian
People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.
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