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/ˈlɪt/ adjective B1
  1. Illuminated. · He walked down the lit corridor.
  2. Drunk, intoxicated; under the influence of drugs or alcohol. (slang)
  3. Sexually aroused, (especially) visibly so. (slang)
  4. Exciting, captivating; fun. (slang) · This party is gonna be lit.
  5. Excellent, fantastic; cool. (slang) · Those jeans are lit.
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There was not a moment to be lost: away went Alice like the wind, and was just in time to hear it say, as it turned a corner, “Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it’s getting!” She was close behind it when she turned the corner, but the Rabbit was no longer to be seen: she found herself in a long, low hall, which was lit up by a row of lamps hanging from the roof.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 4 · B2
The man in the doorway struck a match and lit his cigar.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 22 · C1
He flung the fire pot on the ground, and some of the red coals lit a tuft of dried moss that flared up, as all the Council drew back in terror before the leaping flames.
The Jungle Book, p. 25 · B2
Mowgli thrust his dead branch into the fire till the twigs lit and crackled, and whirled it above his head among the cowering wolves.
The Jungle Book, p. 25 · B2

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