The verb alight has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) alight, light, perch -- (to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him")
2. alight, climb down -- (come down; "the birds alighted")
Overview of adj alight
The adj alight has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. ablaze, afire, aflame, aflare, alight, blazing, burning, flaming, on fire -- (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")