Word Finder - lightest

definition

To start (a fire).

example

We lit the fire to get some heat.

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• set

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To set fire to; to set burning.

example

She lit her last match.

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• conflagrate
• ignite
• kindle

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To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.

example

I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night.

synonyms

• illuminate
• light up

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To become ignited; to take fire.

example

This soggy match will not light.

synonyms

• catch fire
• conflagrate
• ignite

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To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.

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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.

example

Light the extra ball by amassing 500 million points in the wizard mode.

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Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.

example

The room is light when the Sun shines through the window.

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Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.

example

She had light skin.

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(of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.

example

I like my coffee light.

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To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter

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To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.

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Having little or relatively little actual weight; not cumbrous or unwieldy.

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a light load ; a lighter backpack after having removed the books ; light weapons

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Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.

example

feathers and cork are light ; oil is lighter than water

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Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard or proper amount; clipped or diminished.

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to issue light coin

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Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy.

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Not heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.

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a light bread ; sponge cake is a light cake

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Gentle; having little force or momentum.

example

This artist clearly had a light, flowing touch.

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Easy to endure or perform.

example

light duties around the house

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Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.

example

This light beer still gets you drunk if you have enough of it.

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Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.

example

I made some light comment, and we moved on.

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Unchaste, wanton.

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Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.

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Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.

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a light, vain person; a light mind

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Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.

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Ogden Nash was a writer of light verse.

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Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.

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Easily interrupted by stimulation.

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light sleep; light anesthesia

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To find by chance.

example

I lit upon a rare book in a second-hand bookseller's.

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To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice

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To alight; to land or come down.

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She fell out of the window but luckily lit on her feet.