Synonyms for alight

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-lahyt

Phonetic Transcription : əˈlaɪt

Définition of alight

Origin : "to descend, dismount," Old English alihtan, originally "to lighten, take off, take away," from a- "down, aside" (see a- (1)) + lihtan "get off, make light" (see light (v.)). The notion is of getting down off a horse or vehicle, thus lightening it. Of aircraft (originally balloons) from 1786. Related: Alighted; alighting.

verb land

Example sentences :

Grace's face was alight with appreciation of Mrs. Gray's gift.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

Here, Garson paid the fare, and then helped the girl to alight, and on into the hallway.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Nor when we alight at the Pas de Soucis are these features wanting.
Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

At this point we alight, our water-way being blocked for nearly a mile.
Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

Again we take a leap of about twenty years, and alight in the midst of the Revolution.
Extract from : « Old News » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

But, in a gusty, uncertain wind it must use its wings or alight somewhere.
Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

Both visitors had had time to alight and leave their horses outside the wall.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

Her eyes were alight, and she was babbling away to her aunt.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

Then, with alight laugh, she added: "I've got Paris in my head!"
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

I went down to see if the lantern in the porch were alight, as it is so often forgotten.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Antonyms for alight

mount

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