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Definition
noun (English)
1. (physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers); visible light.Examples: "As you can see, this spacious dining-room gets a lot of light in the mornings."; "Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,[…], and the light of the reflector fell full upon her."; "Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light."uncountable
2. (physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers); visible light.Examples: "black light"broadlycountableuncountable
3. (countable) A source of illumination.Examples: "Put that light out!"; "And the light ſhineth in darkneſſe, and the darkneſſe compꝛehended it not."; "He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts."countable
4. (countable) A source of illumination.Examples: "We turned off all the lights and went to sleep."; "The ceiling lights were off, but I knew the narrow light spilling from the lamp on my bureau would be enough for her to see the pale red marks on my chest, which had been fading for so long they had gone back to being shiny again."countableuncountable
5. (countable) A source of illumination.Examples: "To get to our house, turn right at the third light."countableuncountable
6. (figurative) Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.Examples: "Can you throw any light on this problem?"; "He shall never know / That I had any light of this from thee."; "Greatly interested in these differences—some of them so great that they led me to seek exchanges of light with Englishmen—I looked for some work that would describe and account for them with a show of completeness, and perhaps depict the process of their origin."countablefigurativelyuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To start (a fire).Examples: "We lit the fire to get some heat."Synonyms: setAntonyms: extinguish, put out, quenchtransitive
2. (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning.Examples: "She lit her last match."; "if a thousand candles be all lighted from one"Synonyms: ignite, kindle, conflagrate, alight, conflagrate, fire, fire up, igniteAntonyms: extinguish, put out, quenchtransitive
3. (transitive) To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.Examples: "I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night."; "19th century', Frederic Harrison, The Fortnightly Review One hundred years ago, to have lit this theatre as brilliantly as it is now lighted would have cost, I suppose, fifty pounds."; "The Sun has set, and Vesper, to supply / His absent beams, had lighted up the sky."Synonyms: illuminate, light up, alight, belight, beshine, bright, enlighten, firetransitive
4. (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.Examples: "This soggy match will not light."Synonyms: catch fire, ignite, conflagrate, catch on fire, catch fire, combust, conflagrate, fireintransitive
5. (transitive, pinball) 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.Examples: "Light the extra ball by amassing 500 million points in the wizard mode."transitive
adj (English)
1. (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.Examples: "I like my coffee light."Synonyms: white
adj (English)
1. Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy.Examples: "light infantry; a troop of light horse"
2. Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy.Examples: "if a ship is light or partially loaded ; the light draft of a vessel, or its light displacement"
3. Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy.Examples: "the light locomotives ; a locomotive may be moved light"; "On that August Thursday afternoon, there was little freight traffic; a large "K3" Mogul went down with a short, fast goods, and a W.D. 2-8-0 proceeded northward light."
4. (cooking) Not heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.Examples: "a light bread ; sponge cake is a light cake"
5. (obsolete) Unchaste, wanton.Examples: "Long after lay he musing at her mood, / Much grieu'd to thinke that gentle Dame so light, / For whose defence he was to shed his blood."; "So do not you; for you are a light girl."; "A light wife doth make a heavy husband."obsolete
6. (dated) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.Examples: "a light, vain person; a light mind"; "There is no greater argument of a light and inconsiderate person than profanely to scoff at religion."dated
noun (English)
1. (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
2. (Australia, uncountable) A low-alcohol lager.Examples: "We crossed to the pub on the corner of Carlisle Street and I ordered two schooners of old for him and one of light for me."Australiauncountable
3. (military, historical) A member of the light cavalry.historical
verb (English)
1. (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
2. (by extension) To leave; to depart.broadly
Definition source: Wiktionary