Usually means: Illuminate or make visibly brighter.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word light up:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. light up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. light up, light up (something): Merriam-Webster
  3. light up, light up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. light up: Collins English Dictionary
  5. light up: Vocabulary.com
  6. Light-Up, light-up: Wordnik
  7. light (sth) up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. light up: Wiktionary
  9. light up: Dictionary.com
  10. Light Up (The World), Light Up (puzzle), Light Up (sculpture), Light Up: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. light up: Rhymezone
  12. light up: FreeDictionary.org
  13. light up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. light up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. light up: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. light up: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. light up: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. light up: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. light up, light up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. LIGHT UP, light-up: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (light up)

verb:  (transitive) To illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten.
verb:  (intransitive) To start to emit light; to become activated as a light source.
verb:  (intransitive, figuratively) To show an increase in activity or a brightening of mood.
verb:  (transitive) To ignite.
verb:  (intransitive) To light a cigarette, pipe, etc.
verb:  (transitive) To make happy.
verb:  (transitive) To introduce (someone to something), to make someone aware of or interested in something; turn on.
verb:  (transitive, slang) To open fire on a target or group of targets, especially with rockets, a flamethrower, etc.
verb:  (chiefly US, transitive, slang) To shock (someone) with a stun gun.
verb:  (chiefly US, transitive, slang) To activate the emergency sirens on a police vehicle in order to pull someone over.
verb:  (transitive, nautical) To loosen, slacken, or ease off.

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