Results for light
Definitions of light:
part of speech: past tense, past participle
Lighted.
part of speech: verb transitive
To set fire to; cause to shine and give forth brightness; furnish with, or guide by, a light.
part of speech: adjective
Easy to be lifted or carried; not difficult; easy to be borne; active; nimble; swift; not dense or heavy; not grave or serious; loose; not chaste.
part of speech: noun
The condition of illumination upon which sight depends; opposite to darkness; as, the light of day; that which illuminates, as the sun, a candle, etc.; the brightness so given out; appearance from a special point of view; as, your explanation puts the matter in a new light; clear mental vision or that which gives it; as, to throw light on a problem; a window, or a pane of glass in a window.
part of speech: verb intransitive
To take fire; to begin to give forth brightness; usually followed by up; as, her face lighted up; to come down, fall, or settle, or to find by chance; with on or upon.
part of speech: noun
The agent or medium by which objects are rendered visible to the eye; day; anything which gives light; a candle; a lamp; knowledge; means of knowing; explanation; aspect; point to which the view may be directed; existence; time of prosperity; in painting, the illuminated part of a picture, as opposed to shade.
part of speech: adjective
part of speech: adjective
Not heavy: easily suffered or performed: easily digested: not heavily armed: active: not heavily burdened: unimportant: not dense or copious: gentle: easily influenced: gay, lively: amusing: unchaste: not of legal weight: loose, sandy: ( B.) idle, worthless.
part of speech: verb transitive
To give light to: to set fire to: to attend with a light:- pr. p. lighting; pa. t. and pa. p. lighted or lit.
part of speech: verb intransitive
( followed by on, upon) To stoop from flight: to settle: to rest: to come to by chance: ( fol. by down, from) to descend, to alight:- pr. p. lighting; pa. t. and pa. p. lighted or lit.
part of speech: adjective
Not dark or obscure; bright; clear.
part of speech: noun
part of speech: noun
part of speech: noun
That which shines or is brilliant: the agent by which objects are rendered visible: the power of vision: day: dawn of day: that which gives light, as the sun, a candle: the illuminated part of a picture: ( fig.) mental or spiritual illumination: enlightenment: knowledge: public view: point of view: a conspicuous person: an aperture for admitting light: ( B.) prosperity, favor.
part of speech: verb
To descend from a horse or carriage; to settle; to stoop from flight; to fall in a particular direction; to fall; to strike on.
part of speech: adjective
Clear; bright; not dark; blond; not heavy or burdensome; delicate; not massive; gay; trifting; unimportant; nimble; short in weight; well raised, as bread; graceful; undignified; dizzy.
part of speech: present participle
part of speech: verb
Usage examples for light:
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Alec saw as she turned that all the light had gone out of her face.
"Alec Forbes of Howglen", George MacDonald -
For, from these the light had gone.
"A Fool There Was", Porter Emerson Browne -
There wasn't much light
"Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate", Charles Turley -
Yet we must use what light we have.
"Emerson and Other Essays", John Jay Chapman