alight
verb/əˈlaɪt/
Frequency rank: #12,991 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to land or settle on something after flying or falling.
Example sentence
The butterfly chose to alight on the bright red flower for a moment before flying away.
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