illuminate
/ɪˈl(j)umɪneɪt/ verbo B1En español: iluminar
- To shine light on something.
- To decorate something with lights.
- To clarify or make something understandable.
- To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.
- To make spectacular.
- To glow; to light up.
- To be exposed to light.
- To direct a radar beam toward.
He/she/it illuminates · Pasado illuminated · Participio pasado illuminated · Forma en -ing illuminating
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- illuminate
- He/she/it
- illuminates
- Pasado
- illuminated
- Participio pasado
- illuminated
- Forma en -ing
- illuminating
De la biblioteca
No one could deny that the rooms were splendidly illuminated; the light streamed forth on the gilt mouldings and the silk hangings; and all the bad taste of decorations, which had only their richness to boast of, shone in its splendor.
“And look at this!” He held the lamp down and illuminated a smudge of blood like the mark of a boot-sole upon the wooden sill.
They consisted of a couple of comfortable bed-rooms and a single large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and illuminated by two broad windows.
On the bed, at full length, and faintly illuminated by the pale light that came from the window, lay a sack of canvas, and under its rude folds was stretched a long and stiffened form; it was Faria’s last winding-sheet,—a winding-sheet which, as the turnkey said, cost so little.
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