light
/laɪt/ verb B1- To start (a fire). · We lit the fire to get some heat.
- To set fire to; to set burning. · She lit her last match.
- To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark. · I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night.
- To become ignited; to take fire. · This soggy match will not light.
- To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
- To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability. · Light the extra ball by amassing 500 million points in the wizard mode.
He/she/it lights · Past lit · Past participle lit · -ing form lighting
Verb forms
- Base form
- light
- He/she/it
- lights
- Past
- lit
- Past participle
- lit
- -ing form
- lighting
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- light along To lift or carry anything along the deck; to help in haul...
- light into To set upon or attack.
- light off To light the fire on a gas boiler to turn it on.
- light on Synonym of light upon.
- light out To go away or depart, especially in haste or without notice.
- light up To illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten.
- light up To loosen, slacken, or ease off.
From the library
After an hour or so the light faded away, and they found themselves stumbling along in the darkness.
“In what an amiable light does this place him!” thought Elizabeth.
The morning’s sun rose clear and resplendent, touching the foamy waves into a network of ruby-tinted light.
Dorothy reached up both arms and lifted the figure off the pole, for, being stuffed with straw, it was quite light.
Other matches
- light Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength ran... A1
- light Having little or relatively little actual weight A1
- light To unload a ship, or to jettison material to ma... C2
- light To find by chance. C2
- light A stone that is not thrown hard enough. C2
- light Carrying little. C2
- light Having light C2
- light along To lift or carry anything along the deck
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