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Noun: light lIt- (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
"the light was filtered through a soft glass window"
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Adjective: light (lighter,lightest) lIt- 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 colour) having a relatively small amount of colouring agent
"light blue"; "light colours such as pastels"; "a light-coloured powder"
- light-colored [US], light-coloured [Brit, Cdn] - 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
"a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"
- unaccented, weak - Easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned
"a light diet" - (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency
"light soil" - (of sound or colour) free from anything that dulls or dims
"a light lilting voice like a silver bell"
- clean, clear, unclouded - Moving easily and quickly; nimble
"the dancer was light and graceful"; "walked with a light tripping step"
- lightsome, tripping - 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
"felt light in the head"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep"
- faint, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded - Very thin and insubstantial
"light summer dresses" - Marked by temperance in indulgence
"a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper"
- abstemious - Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
"a light pound"
- scant, short - 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
"light banter"; "light idle chatter"
- idle - Designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight
"light aircraft"; "a light truck" - Having relatively few calories
"light beer"; "light mayonnaise"
- lite, low-cal, calorie-free - (of sleep) easily disturbed
"in a light doze"; "a light sleeper"
- wakeful - Casual and unrestrained in sexual behaviour
"he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"
- easy, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton
Verb: light (lit, also lighted) lIt- Make lighter or brighter
- illume, illumine, light up, illuminate - Begin to smoke
"After the meal, some of the diners lit up"
- light up, fire up - To come to rest, settle
- alight, perch - Cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
"Light a cigarette"
- ignite - Fall to somebody by assignment or lot
- fall - Alight from (a horse)
- unhorse, dismount, get off, get down
Adverb: light lIt- With few burdens
"experienced travellers travel light"
- lightly
Noun: Light- A divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul
- Inner Light, Light Within, Christ Within
Derived forms: lightest, lighter, lighting, lit, lights See also: ablaze, airy, autofluorescent, bioluminescent, bright, buoyant, candent, candescent, casual, dark, deficient, digestible, dull, easy, fat-free, fatless, floaty, floodlighted, floodlit, fluorescent, fooling, frivolous, gentle, ill, illuminated, incandescent, inflamed, insignificant, insufficient, lamplit, light-armed, light-duty, lighted, lighter, lighter-than-air, light-footed, lighting-up, lightly, lightly-armed, lightness, lightweight, lit, livid, loose, low-density, luminescent, nonfat, pale, palish, pastel, phosphorescent, photic, powdery, pure, reddened, shallow, sick, soft, sunlit, sunstruck, temperate, thin, unchaste, undemanding, unimportant, unstressed, value, weight, well-lighted, white Type of: actinic radiation, actinic ray, aspect, brainstorm, brainwave, burn, combust, come down, condition, descend, device, devolve, ethical motive, ethics, expression, face, facial expression, fall, friend, general knowledge, go down, illumination, insight, land, lighten, lighten up, look, morality, morals, pass, perspective, physical property, position, public knowledge, return, scene, set down, source of illumination, status, verve, view, visual property, visual signal, vitality Antonym: dark, heavy Part of: electromagnetic spectrum Encyclopedia: Light Light, Francis Light, Rapid, Comfortable Light, John |