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alight
(encz) | alight,osvětlen Zdeněk Brož |
alight
(encz) | alight,sestoupit |
alight
(encz) | alight,snést se "z výšky" |
alight
(encz) | alight,vystoupit |
alight
(encz) | alight,vystupovat |
Alight
(gcide) | Alight \A*light"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Alightedsometimes
Alit; p. pr. & vb. n. Alighting.] [OE. alihten, fr. AS.
[=a]l[imac]htan; pref. [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig.
meaning out) + l[imac]htan, to alight, orig. to render light,
to remove a burden from, fr. l[imac]ht, leoht, light. See
Light, v. i.]
1. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback
or from a carriage; to dismount.
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2. To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying
bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.
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3. To come or chance (upon). [R.]
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Alight
(gcide) | Alight \A*light"\, a. [Pref. a- + light.]
Lighted; lighted up; in a flame. "The lamps were alight."
--Dickens.
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alight
(wn) | alight
adj 1: 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" [syn: ablaze(p),
afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), {on
fire(p)}]
v 1: to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him"
[syn: alight, light, perch]
2: come down; "the birds alighted" [syn: alight, climb down] |
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alight
(encz) | alight,osvětlen Zdeněk Brožalight,sestoupit alight,snést se "z výšky" alight,vystoupit alight,vystupovat |
alighting
(encz) | alighting,výstup |
ultralight
(encz) | ultralight,ultralehký adj: např. letadlo Martin Ligač |
Alighted
(gcide) | Alight \A*light"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Alightedsometimes
Alit; p. pr. & vb. n. Alighting.] [OE. alihten, fr. AS.
[=a]l[imac]htan; pref. [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig.
meaning out) + l[imac]htan, to alight, orig. to render light,
to remove a burden from, fr. l[imac]ht, leoht, light. See
Light, v. i.]
1. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback
or from a carriage; to dismount.
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2. To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying
bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.
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3. To come or chance (upon). [R.]
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Alighting
(gcide) | Alight \A*light"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Alightedsometimes
Alit; p. pr. & vb. n. Alighting.] [OE. alihten, fr. AS.
[=a]l[imac]htan; pref. [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig.
meaning out) + l[imac]htan, to alight, orig. to render light,
to remove a burden from, fr. l[imac]ht, leoht, light. See
Light, v. i.]
1. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback
or from a carriage; to dismount.
[1913 Webster]
2. To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying
bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.
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3. To come or chance (upon). [R.]
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alight
(wn) | alight
adj 1: 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" [syn: ablaze(p),
afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), {on
fire(p)}]
v 1: to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him"
[syn: alight, light, perch]
2: come down; "the birds alighted" [syn: alight, climb down] |
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