lit

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    n.

  • the humanistic study of a body of literature; literature

    he took a course in Russian lit

    adj.

  • provided with artificial light; illuminated, lighted, well-lighted

    illuminated advertising

    looked up at the lighted windows

    a brightly lit room

    a well-lighted stairwell

  • set afire or burning; lighted

    the lighted candles

    a lighted cigarette

    a lit firecracker

    n.

  • (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; visible light, visible radiation

    the light was filtered through a soft glass window

  • any device serving as a source of illumination; light source

    he stopped the car and turned off the lights

  • a particular perspective or aspect of a situation

    although he saw it in a different light, he still did not understand

  • the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light; luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness

    its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun

  • an illuminated area

    he stepped into the light

  • a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination; illumination

    follow God's light

  • the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; lightness

    he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark

  • a person regarded very fondly

    the light of my life

  • mental understanding as an enlightening experience

    he finally saw the light

    can you shed light on this problem?

  • having abundant light or illumination; lighting

    they played as long as it was light

    as long as the lighting was good

  • public awareness

    it brought the scandal to light

  • merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; sparkle, twinkle, spark

    he had a sparkle in his eye

    there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes

  • a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul; Inner Light, Light, Light Within, Christ Within
  • a visual warning signal

    they saw the light of the beacon

    there was a light at every corner

  • a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; lighter, igniter, ignitor

    do you have a light?

    v.

  • make lighter or brighter; illume, illumine, light up, illuminate

    This lamp lightens the room a bit

  • begin to smoke; light up, fire up

    After the meal, some of the diners lit up

  • to come to rest, settle; alight, perch

    Misfortune lighted upon him

  • cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; ignite

    Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter

    Light a cigarette

  • fall to somebody by assignment or lot; fall

    The task fell to me

    It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims

  • get off (a horse); unhorse, dismount, get off, get down

    adj.

  • of comparatively little physical weight or density

    a light load

    magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C

  • (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent; light-colored

    light blue

    light colors such as pastels

    a light-colored powder

  • of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment

    light infantry

    light cavalry

    light industry

    light weapons

  • not great in degree or quantity or number

    a light sentence

    a light accent

    casualties were light

    light snow was falling

    light misty rain

    light smoke from the chimney

  • psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles

    a light heart

  • characterized by or emitting light

    a room that is light when the shutters are open

    the inside of the house was airy and light

  • used of vowels or syllables; pronounced with little or no stress; unaccented, weak

    a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable

    a weak stress on the second syllable

  • easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned

    a light diet

  • (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency; friable, sandy

    light sandy soil

  • (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; clean, clear, unclouded

    efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings

    clear laughter like a waterfall

    clear reds and blues

    a light lilting voice like a silver bell

  • moving easily and quickly; nimble; lightsome, tripping

    the dancer was light and graceful

    a lightsome buoyant step

    walked with a light tripping step

  • demanding little effort; not burdensome

    light housework

    light exercise

  • of little intensity or power or force

    the light touch of her fingers

    a light breeze

  • (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average

    light water is ordinary water

  • weak and likely to lose consciousness; faint, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded

    suddenly felt faint from the pain

    was sick and faint from hunger

    felt light in the head

    a swooning fit

    light-headed with wine

    light-headed from lack of sleep

  • very thin and insubstantial; flimsy

    thin paper

    flimsy voile

    light summer dresses

  • marked by temperance in indulgence; abstemious, light(a)

    abstemious with the use of adverbs

    a light eater

    a light smoker

    ate a light supper

  • less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; scant(p), short

    a light pound

    a scant cup of sugar

    regularly gives short weight

  • having little importance

    losing his job was no light matter

  • intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound

    light verse

    a light comedy

  • silly or trivial; idle

    idle pleasure

    light banter

    light idle chatter

  • designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight

    light aircraft

    a light truck

  • having relatively few calories; lite, low-cal, calorie-free

    diet cola

    light (or lite) beer

    lite (or light) mayonnaise

    a low-cal diet

  • (of sleep) easily disturbed; wakeful

    in a light doze

    a light sleeper

    a restless wakeful night

  • casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; easy, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton

    her easy virtue

    he was told to avoid loose (or light) women

    wanton behavior

    adv.

  • with few burdens; lightly

    experienced travellers travel light

    n.

  • the basic unit of money in Lithuania

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syn.: illuminated lighted literature well-lighted
lights|lighter|lightest|lighted|lighting|lit
syn.: airy bright clear delicate lucid open weightless

ant.: dark darkness dim heavy