Associations to the word «Alight»

Wiktionary

ALIGHT, verb. (transitive) To make light or less heavy; lighten; alleviate.
ALIGHT, verb. (intransitive) (with from) To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.
ALIGHT, verb. (intransitive) (with on) To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop.
ALIGHT, verb. (intransitive) To come or chance (upon).
ALIGHT, verb. (transitive) To light; light up; illuminate.
ALIGHT, verb. (transitive) To set light to; light.
ALIGHT, adjective. Lit, on fire, switched on.
ALIGHT, adjective. (figuratively) Lit; on fire, burning.

Dictionary definition

ALIGHT, verb. To come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him".
ALIGHT, verb. Come down; "the birds alighted".
ALIGHT, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley