light
/laɪt/ verb C2- To find by chance. · I lit upon a rare book in a second-hand bookseller's.
- To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice.
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
It fell among some Reeds, which it thus addressed: “I wonder how you, who are so light and weak, are not entirely crushed by these strong winds.” They replied, “You fight and contend with the wind, and consequently you are destroyed; while we on the contrary bend before the least breath of air, and therefore remain unbroken, and escape.”
Growing from her shoulders were wings, gorgeous in color and so light that they fluttered if the slightest breath of air reached them.
The morning’s sun rose clear and resplendent, touching the foamy waves into a network of ruby-tinted light.
On the very threshold she stopped short, wheeled about, came back and sat down by the table, light and glow as effectually blotted out as if some one had clapped an extinguisher on her.
Other matches
- light Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength ran... A1
- light Having little or relatively little actual weight A1
- light To start B1
- light To unload a ship, or to jettison material to ma... 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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