litlit /lɪt/ 
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- A small smile lit her lips.
- More solemn shadows flared as he lit his pipe, the sound of the drawing air strained and high.
- She put on her robe, lit the candle and went on tip-toe down the back stairs and into the kitchen.
- The curtain goes up on a bare, brightly lit stage.
- The Moulin Rougestaff steer them all to their tables in the auditorium, which is lit with small pink lamps.
- Then they wrapped me in a dark cloud, which the crystal lit from inside.
- Tom put the blacks up in the front room, crashed around in the darkness and lit the gas and oil lamps.
- When the fire was lit, the sorcerer threw a powder on the flames and said a magic charm.
Longman Language Activatorwhen the lights in a place are on
· Although the lights were on, nobody answered the door.· The lights are still on in a couple of the offices.
if a room, house, building etc is lit up , the lights are on inside or outside: · People were getting ready for dinner, and the house was all lit up.· In the town centre, the streets are all lit up for Christmas.be lit up by/with: · The mosque is lit up by floodlights at night.
if a place or set of lights is ablaze , there is a lot of bright light because all the lights are turned on - used especially in literature: · The yacht passed us, its cabin lights ablaze.ablaze with: · Every shop window is ablaze with bright Christmas lights.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Two thousand demonstrators held a candle-lit vigil outside the embassy.
a past tense and past participle of light· Someone dropped a lit cigarette and started the fire.
(=with only candles for lighting)· Chris treated his girlfriend to a candle-lit dinner.
Two thousand demonstrators held a candle-lit vigil outside the embassy.