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lighter

/ˈlaɪtəɹ/ verbo C2

En español: alijar, transbordar en gabarra

  1. To load or unload, or transfer, (cargo; or occasionally passengers) using a lighter (etymology 2, noun sense 1) or other marine vessel. (transitive)
  2. To transfer cargo or fuel from (a ship) to lighten it, in order to make it easier to refloat or to reduce its draft. (transitive)
  3. To load or unload, or transfer, cargo (or occasionally passengers) using a lighter or other marine vessel. (intransitive)

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Furnished with this plunder, Andrea leaped with a lighter heart from the window, intending to slip through the hands of the gendarmes.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 974 · C1
The balloon was by this time tugging hard at the rope that held it to the ground, for the air within it was hot, and this made it so much lighter in weight than the air without that it pulled hard to rise into the sky.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 118 · B2
His road home lay across a stream into which his Ass, making a false step, fell by accident and rose up again with his load considerably lighter, as the water melted the sack.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 20 · B2
The spring was abroad in the land and Marilla’s sober, middle-aged step was lighter and swifter because of its deep, primal gladness.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 210 · C1

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