alight
     adj : 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"; "blazing logs in the fireplace";
           "a burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire";
           "houses on fire" [syn: {ablaze(p)}, {afire(p)}, {aflame(p)},
            {aflare(p)}, {alight(p)}, {blazing}, {burning}, {flaming},
            {on fire(p)}]
     v 1: to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him" [syn:
           {light}, {perch}]
     2: come down; "the birds alighted" [syn: {climb down}]