Definition of alights Alights
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What does alights mean?
Part of speech
🔤- alights, verb, present, 3rd person singular of alight (infinitive).
WordNet
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| alight - come down; "the birds alighted" | ||
| climb down | ||
| descend, come down, go down, fall move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" | ||
| alight - to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him" | ||
| light, perch | ||
| set down, land cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- alight (v. i.)
To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount. - alight (v. i.)
To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof. - alight (v. i.)
To come or chance (upon). - alight (a.)
Lighted; lighted up; in a flame.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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alight
To get down from or out of a vehicle. -
alight
To settle or stay after descending. -
alight
Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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alight
a-lÄ«t′, v.i. to come down, as from a horse (from): to descend: to land anywhere (upon): to fall upon. [A.S. alÃhtan, to come down. See Light, v.] -
alight
a-līt′, adj. on fire: lighted up. [a, on, and Light. See Light, n.]
Part of speech
🔤- alight, verb, present, 1st person singular of alight (infinitive).
- alight, verb (infinitive).
- alight, adjective.
