Crossword clues for alit
alit
- Settled on the ground
- Reached Dulles, e.g
- Came in for a landing
- Came down to the ground
- Stopped flying
- Settled upon the earth
- Reached the tarmac
- Landed, as on a branch
- Landed on a perch
- Got off one's high horse?
- De-bused, e.g
- Touched land
- Reached the runway
- Reached the nest
- Quit flying, e.g
- Landed, in a way
- Landed on a branch, say
- Landed on a branch
- Landed lightly
- Hopped off
- Hit the deck, maybe
- Got off the horse
- Flew to earth
- Finished a skydive
- Ended a skydive
- Detrained, e.g
- Came to land
- Came down, as onto a perch
- Came down tail first
- Arrived, in a way
- Went to ground
- Was grounded?
- Used the Jetway
- Touched town
- Stopped a flight
- Stepped onto the tarmac, say
- Settled to earth
- Settled on the tarmac
- Settled on a rail
- Settled on a branch, as a bird
- Settled down?
- Settled after descending
- Returned to the ground
- Returned to terra firma
- Returned to solid ground
- Rested from flight
- Reached the ground safely
- Reached O'Hare
- Reached Dulles successfully
- Landed, as on a flower
- Landed, as a falcon
- Landed, as a bird
- Landed safely
- Landed on the runway
- Landed on a limb, e.g
- Landed on a leaf, e.g
- Landed like a butterfly
- Landed like a bird
- Landed at Logan, say
- Landed after flying
- Hit the runway softly
- Hit the roof, like Santa
- Got to the ground
- Got out of the sleigh, say
- Got off the plane, e.g
- Got off a train, e.g
- Got off a horse, say
- Got off a horse, for example
- Got off a broomstick
- Got grounded?
- Got down (from)
- Gave one's wings a rest
- Found the ground
- Finished flitting around, say
- Finished a gymnastics routine
- Ended a ride
- Ended a descent
- Dismounted, as a horse
- Dismounted from a horse
- Did a dismount
- Descended from a saddle, perhaps
- Debused, e.g
- Chose a perch
- Came upon
- Came to rest on a flower
- Came from on high
- Came down on the tarmac, say
- Came down on a leaf, say
- Came down on a branch
- Came down from ones high horse?
- Came back down
- Became grounded
- Arrived at a heliport, say
- Parted company with a horse
- Got off a horse, e.g
- Came down to earth
- Landed (on)
- Returned to earth
- Came to ground
- Settled down on a branch, as a bird
- De-bused, e.g.
- Settled, as on a perch
- Reached terra firma
- Dismounted, e.g
- Got down to earth
- Set down
- Stepped down
- Touched down
- Touched the tarmac
- Descended, in a way
- Settled, in a way
- Detrained, e.g.
- Settled (on)
- Made it to the ground safely
- Deplaned, e.g
- Came to rest on a wire, e.g
- Piled out
- Hit the helipad
- Came to a perch
- Hit the ground, but not running
- Got off the bus, e.g
- Touched ground
- Got out (from)
- Detrained, say
- Reached ground
- Came to earth
- Made a touchdown
- Came to rest on a wire, e.g.
- Hopped off the train
- Hit the roof?
- Came down from one’s high horse?
- Found a perch
- Came to the ground
- Deplaned, e.g.
- Put down
- Disembarked
- Came down (on)
- Settled on a branch, say
- Past-tense verb that is the same as its present-tense form minus the fourth and fifth letters
- Came down on a branch, say
- Stopped winging it?
- Came down from one's high horse?
- Completed a sky dive
- Touched Kennedy after a trip
- Hit the tarmac, e.g
- Got off a steed
- Got off a Spad
- Finished parasailing, e.g
- Arrived at O'Hare
- Completed hang gliding
- Finished a flight
- Got out of the saddle
- Settled after a sky-dive
- Completed a hop
- Came to roost
- Hit terra firma
- Lodged
- Got back on the ground
- Finished hang gliding
- Got off Swale
- Touched terra firma
- Finished a sky dive
- Left a plane
- Landed upon
- Came down to terra firma
- Settled on terra firma
- Ended hang gliding
- Arrived at an airport
- Arrived from above
- Anagram for tail
- Left the bus
- Noticed by chance
- Completed a hurdle
- Left the saddle
- Roosted
- Returned to the perch
- Hit the dirt?
- Stepped off
- Came down and settled
- Made a landing
- Came back to earth
- Touched the ground, as a plane landing
- Ended a flight
- Came down, as on a perch
- Settled onto a branch, e.g
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alit
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.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
alit
poetic past tense and past participle of alight (v.).
Wiktionary
alit
vb. (en-past of: alight)
Usage examples of "alit".
Near can I forgit the surblime speckticul which met my gase as I alited from the Staige with my umbreller and verlis.
Near can I forgit the surblime speckticul which met my gase as I alited from the Staige with my umbreller and verlis.