Crossword clues for alighting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alight \A*light"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Alightedsometimes Alit; p. pr. & vb. n. Alighting.] [OE. alihten, fr. AS. [=a]l[=i]htan; pref. [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + l[=i]htan, to alight, orig. to render light, to remove a burden from, fr. l[=i]ht, leoht, light. See Light, v. i.]
To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.
To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.
To come or chance (upon). [R.]
Wiktionary
n. The act of one who alights. vb. (present participle of alight English)
Usage examples of "alighting".
The birds withdrew in frenzied flight, probably alighting somewhere beyond, since they were no longer on the wing.
A lodger alighting outside her rented accommodation in Newington Butts would draw attention to herself.
It spun and bucked, alighting on stiffened legs, and Hilliard took flight, landing flat in a muddy puddle a full yard away.
The Marchese surveyed it for a moment in silence, and then alighting from his horse, asked eagerly for the Signora, and was directed into one of the saloons.
I acceded rather reluctantly to the proposition, though at that time I was incapable of ascertaining his intention, which was, after conducting me to a remote part of the structure, to deliver me into the hands of three ruffians, who, having covered me with a veil so thick as to exclude every object from my view, placed me upon a mule, and conveyed me, regardless of my cries, through the deepest recesses of the woods, when, having arrived at a small inn, situated at the extremity of the forest, we stopped without alighting for refreslnnent.
Schools of kahawai were shining on the surface, and flocks of gulls hovered near, sometimes alighting on the water, in the thick of the schools, evidently feeding on the tiny minnows the kahawai were chasing.
Renny had gone to Lady Nelia first Doc rode upward, alighting at the sixteenth.
Thinking to have some amusement at his expense, I rushed toward him, and when almost upon him sprang into the air, alighting far beyond him and away from the city.
Sweetly the summer air came up to the tumulus, the grass sighed softly, the butterflies went by, sometimes alighting on the green dome.
Still in his car, he saw Eve Ranie alighting from a coachwillowy, ash-blonde, photogenic Eve.
Still in his car, he saw Eve Ranie alighting from a coach-willowy, ash-blonde, photogenic Eve.
Alighting from the limousine, the director held the door open for Armister-a somewhat nondescript little man with a sallowish complexion and pinched cheeks.
New Orleans, and the name had made its way down through several rings of cousins before alighting, solitarily, on Marie.
Jenks flitted to the table as she squinted, alighting on the saltshaker.
A Glamorph of status eight is discommoded by a rynops while alighting from the transorbital vector at point 8076.