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Lightest

verb
Word Frequency: 0.7

Definitions

1.verbTo start (a fire).
"We lit the fire to get some heat."
2.verbTo set fire to; to set burning.
"She lit her last match."
3.verbTo illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
"I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night."
4.verbTo become ignited; to take fire.
"This soggy match will not light."
5.verbTo attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
6.verbTo 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.
"Light the extra ball by amassing 500 million points in the wizard mode."
7.adjectiveHaving light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
"The room is light when the Sun shines through the window."
8.adjectivePale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
"She had light skin."
9.adjective(of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
"I like my coffee light."
10.verbTo unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
11.verbTo lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
12.adjectiveHaving little or relatively little actual weight; not cumbrous or unwieldy.
"a light load ; a lighter backpack after having removed the books ; light weapons"
13.adjectiveHaving little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.
"feathers and cork are light ; oil is lighter than water"
14.adjectiveOf short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard or proper amount; clipped or diminished.
"to issue light coin"
15.adjectiveLacking that which burdens or makes heavy.
16.adjectiveNot heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.
"a light bread ; sponge cake is a light cake"
17.adjectiveGentle; having little force or momentum.
"This artist clearly had a light, flowing touch."
18.adjectiveEasy to endure or perform.
"light duties around the house"
19.adjectiveLow in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
"This light beer still gets you drunk if you have enough of it."
20.adjectiveUnimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
"I made some light comment, and we moved on."
21.adjectiveUnchaste, wanton.
22.adjectiveNot encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
23.adjectiveEasily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
"a light, vain person; a light mind"
24.adjectiveIndulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
"Ogden Nash was a writer of light verse."
25.adjectiveNot quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
26.adjectiveEasily interrupted by stimulation.
"light sleep; light anesthesia"
27.verbTo find by chance.
"I lit upon a rare book in a second-hand bookseller's."
28.verbTo stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
29.verbTo alight; to land or come down.
"She fell out of the window but luckily lit on her feet."

Synonyms

catch fireconflagrateignitekindleilluminatelight upsetbrightlightfulpalecreammilk

Antonyms

extinguishput outquenchforcefulheavystrongcrucialimportantweightycumbersomeheavyweightmassive

Rhymes With

brightestrightistslightestwhitesttightestrightest
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