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1. (v.i.) alight
to dismount from a horse, descend from a vehicle, etc.
2. alight
to settle or stay after descending; come to rest.
3. (adj.) alight
provided with light; lighted up.
4. alight
on fire; burning.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; now taken as a -1+light1; orig. ptp. of alight to light up (ME alihten, OE onlīhtan=on-a -1+līhtan to light1))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)
lighted up by or as by fire or flame
"forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire"
2. (verb) alight, light, perch
to come to rest, settle
"Misfortune lighted upon him"
3. (verb) alight, climb down
come down
"the birds alighted"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) alight
lighted; lighted up; in a flame
2. (verb) alight
to spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount
3. (verb) alight
to descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof
4. (verb) alight
to come or chance (upon)
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Sense: to get down from or out of
to alight from a bus.
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 Afrikaans: afklim |
 Arabic: يَتَرَجَّل، يَنَزِل مِن / |
 Bulgarian: слизам |
 Brazilian: descer |
 Czech: sestoupit, vystoupit |
 German: aussteigen |
 Danish: stige ned; stige af |
 Greek: κατεβαίνω, εξέρχομαι |
 Spanish: apearse de |
 Estonian: väljuma |
 Farsi: پیاده شدن |
 Finnish: astua alas |
 French: descendre (de) |
 Hebrew: לַרֶדֶת מִ- |
 Hindi: नीचे आना |
 Croatian: sići s vozila |
 Hungarian: leszáll |
 Indonesian: turun |
 Icelandic: stíga út, fara niður (úr) |
 Italian: scendere |
 Japanese: 降りる |
 Korean: 내리다 |
 Lithuanian: išlipti, nulipti |
 Latvian: izkāpt; nokāpt |
 Malay: turun dari |
 Dutch: uitstappen |
 Norwegian: stige ned, gå av |
 Polish: zsiadać, wysiadać |
 Persian: پیاده شدن |
 Pashto: پیاده کیدل |
 Portuguese: descer |
 Romanian: a coborî (din) |
 Russian: высаживаться |
 Slovak: zostúpiť, vystúpiť |
 Slovenian: sestopiti, izstopiti |
 Serbian: sići |
 Swedish: stiga av (ner, ur) |
 Thai: ลงจากพาหนะ |
 Turkish: inmek |
 Taiwanese: (從交通工具)下來 |
 Ukrainian: сходити |
 Urdu: نیچے اترنا |
 Vietnamese: xuống |
 Chinese: （从交通工具）下来 |
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