See Also: rootle(dictionary)
rootle(dictionary)
alight(medicine)
alight(1)(dictionary)
alight(2)(dictionary)
alight 1, adjective(dictionary)
alight 2, verb(dictionary)

alight 2, verb (oh) and rootle (oh)


alight 2, verb (oh)



2 v [I] formal
[Language: Old English; Origin: alihtan, from lihtan 'to alight']
if a bird or insect alights on something, it stops flying and stands on it
-synonym land land
to step out of a vehicle after a journey
alight from
::She alighted from the train at 74th Street.
alight on/upon [alight on/upon sth] phr v
to suddenly think of or notice something or someone
::His mind alighted on several possible answers.

rootle (oh)



BrE informal to search for something by moving many Other things around
-- rootle n [singular]