light
/laɪt/ verb C2- To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter.
- To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
- To leave; to depart.
He/she/it lights · Past lighted · Past participle lighted · -ing form lighting
Verb forms
- Base form
- light
- He/she/it
- lights
- Past
- lighted
- Past participle
- lighted
- -ing form
- lighting
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
Growing from her shoulders were wings, gorgeous in color and so light that they fluttered if the slightest breath of air reached them.
Light the candles in my apartment, if you please.”
The innkeeper gave orders to a servant to go before Franz with a light.
The morning’s sun rose clear and resplendent, touching the foamy waves into a network of ruby-tinted light.
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 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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