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lighten up
light·en 1 L0162100 (līt′n)v. light·ened, light·en·ing, light·ens v.tr.1. a. To make light or lighter; illuminate or brighten.b. To make (a color) lighter.2. Archaic To enlighten.v.intr.1. To become lighter; brighten.2. To be luminous; shine.3. To give off flashes of lightning.
light·en 2 L0162100 (līt′n)v. light·ened, light·en·ing, light·ens v.tr.1. To make less heavy: I lightened my backpack by removing a large textbook.2. To lessen the severity or oppressiveness of: lighten the workload. See Synonyms at relieve.3. To make less worried or more cheerful: lighten the mood.v.intr.1. To become less in weight.2. To become less oppressive, troublesome, or severe.3. To become cheerful: The mood lightened when the party started.Phrasal Verb: lighten up Informal To take matters less seriously: Everything will work out fine, so stop worrying and lighten up.Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | lighten up - make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit"lighten, buoy upcheer - show approval or good wishes by shouting; "everybody cheered the birthday boy" | | 2. | lighten up - become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"buoy up, lightenchirk up, cheer up, cheer - become cheerful | | 3. | lighten up - make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room"brighten, lightenalter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" | | 4. | lighten up - become lighter; "The room lightened up"lightenchange - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"irradiate - cast rays of light uponillume, illuminate, illumine, light, light up - make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit" |
Translationslighten up
lighten up1. To brighten something in color. I think some new highlights will lighten up your hair and really refresh your look.2. To act less seriously or sternly. In this usage, "lighten up" is a set phrase. A: "I think he definitely needs to be grounded." B: "Oh, lighten up—it's not like you never made stupid mistakes as a kid."3. To cause someone or something to become less serious or stern. It's a funeral—nothing you do will lighten up the mood.See also: lighten, uplighten something upto make something lighter or brighter. Some white paint will lighten this room up a lot. The sunlight came in and lightened up the kitchen.See also: lighten, uplighten up (on someone or something)to be less rough and demanding or rude with someone or something. Please lighten up on her. You are being very cruel. You are too harsh. Lighten up.See also: lighten, uplighten upto become lighter or brighter. (See also (on someone or something)">lighten up (on someone or something).) We applied a new coat of white paint to the walls, and the room lightened up considerably. The sky is beginning to lighten up a little.See also: lighten, uplighten upBecome or cause to become less serious or gloomy, and more cheerful. For example, Lighten up, Sam-it'll turn out all right. This slangy expression transfers reducing a physical weight to a change of mood or attitude. See also: lighten, uplighten upv.1. To make something appear lighter in shade: The artist lightened up the paint by mixing in some white. Those mirrors really lighten the room up.2. To become lighter in shade: These pants are too dark now, but they will lighten up after they've been washed a lot.3. To make something more pleasant and less serious or depressing: The jokes lightened up the tone of the meeting. I didn't mean to be disrespectful—I was just trying to lighten things up.4. To take matters less seriously: Everything will work out fine, so stop worrying and lighten up.See also: lighten, uplighten upDon’t be so serious, relax. Originally, this slangy imperative, dating from the 1940s, meant to calm down, but in succeeding decades it took on its present meaning. Tracy Kidder had it in Among Schoolchildren (1989): “Me and my precious schedules . . . I’ve got to lighten up. Chill out.”See also: lighten, uplighten up
Lighten upSelling some part of a stock or bond position in a portfolio to realize capital gains or to losses or increase cash assets.Lighten UpTo sell part of a security while still keeping it in one's portfolio. One may lighten up on a security because one believes that it will fall (but not necessarily by much) or because it is overrepresented in the portfolio.lighten up To reduce, but not eliminate, a particular security position when the investor feels that the security constitutes too much of the portfolio's total value, or when the investor is feeling less bullish on the security. In either case, a residual position in the security is maintained.lighten up
Synonyms for lighten upverb make more cheerfulSynonymsRelated Wordsverb become more cheerfulSynonymsRelated Wordsverb make lighter or brighterSynonymsRelated Wordsverb become lighterSynonymsRelated Words- change
- irradiate
- illume
- illuminate
- illumine
- light
- light up
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