Definitions from Wiktionary (Light)
▸ noun: (physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers); visible light.
▸ noun: (by extension) Infrared or ultraviolet radiation.
▸ noun: (countable) A source of illumination.
▸ noun: A lightbulb or similar light-emitting device, regardless of whether it is lit.
▸ noun: A traffic light, or (by extension) an intersection controlled by traffic lights.
▸ noun: (figurative) Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
▸ noun: (in the plural, now rare) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
▸ noun: A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
▸ noun: (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; opposed to shade.
▸ noun: A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
▸ noun: A flame or something used to create fire.
▸ noun: (slang) A cigarette lighter.
▸ noun: A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
▸ noun: A window in architecture, carriage design, or motor car design: either the opening itself or the window pane of glass that fills it, if any.
▸ noun: (crosswording) The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
▸ noun: (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
▸ noun: Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
▸ noun: The power of perception by vision.
▸ noun: The brightness of the eye or eyes.
▸ verb: (transitive) To start (a fire).
▸ verb: (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning.
▸ verb: (transitive) To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
▸ verb: To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
▸ verb: (transitive, pinball) To 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.
▸ adjective: Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
▸ adjective: Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
▸ adjective: (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
▸ adjective: Having little or relatively little actual weight; not cumbrous or unwieldy.
▸ adjective: Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.
▸ adjective: Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard, or proper amount; clipped or diminished.
▸ adjective: Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy.
▸ adjective: Free from burden or impediment; unencumbered.
▸ adjective: Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads.
▸ adjective: (military) Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
▸ adjective: (nautical, of a ship) Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.
▸ adjective: (rail transport, of a locomotive or consist of locomotives) Without any piece of equipment attached or attached only to a caboose.
▸ adjective: With low viscosity.
▸ adjective: (cooking) Not heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.
▸ adjective: Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
▸ adjective: Slight, not forceful or intense; small in amount or intensity.
▸ adjective: Gentle; having little force or momentum.
▸ adjective: Easy to endure or perform.
▸ adjective: Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Unchaste, wanton.
▸ adjective: Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
▸ adjective: (dated) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
▸ adjective: Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
▸ adjective: Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
▸ adjective: Easily interrupted by stimulation.
▸ adjective: Cheerful.
▸ adverb: Carrying little.
▸ noun: (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
▸ noun: See lights (“lungs”).
▸ noun: (Australia, uncountable) A low-alcohol lager.
▸ noun: (military, historical) A member of the light cavalry.
▸ verb: (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
▸ verb: To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
▸ verb: (by extension) To leave; to depart.
▸ verb: To find by chance.
▸ verb: To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
▸ verb: (archaic) To alight; to land or come down.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: A place name:
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Greene County, Arkansas, United States.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Maries County, Missouri, United States.
▸ noun: Light Regional Council, a local government area north of Adelaide, South Australia, named after the River Light.
▸ noun: The River Light, a river in the Mid North region, South Australia, named after William Light.
▸ noun: (Islam) The 24th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
▸ noun: Honorific alternative letter-case form of light, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context. [(physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers); visible light.]
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▸ noun: (physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers); visible light.
▸ noun: (by extension) Infrared or ultraviolet radiation.
▸ noun: (countable) A source of illumination.
▸ noun: A lightbulb or similar light-emitting device, regardless of whether it is lit.
▸ noun: A traffic light, or (by extension) an intersection controlled by traffic lights.
▸ noun: (figurative) Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
▸ noun: (in the plural, now rare) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
▸ noun: A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
▸ noun: (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; opposed to shade.
▸ noun: A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
▸ noun: A flame or something used to create fire.
▸ noun: (slang) A cigarette lighter.
▸ noun: A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
▸ noun: A window in architecture, carriage design, or motor car design: either the opening itself or the window pane of glass that fills it, if any.
▸ noun: (crosswording) The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
▸ noun: (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
▸ noun: Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
▸ noun: The power of perception by vision.
▸ noun: The brightness of the eye or eyes.
▸ verb: (transitive) To start (a fire).
▸ verb: (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning.
▸ verb: (transitive) To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
▸ verb: To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
▸ verb: (transitive, pinball) To 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.
▸ adjective: Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
▸ adjective: Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
▸ adjective: (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
▸ adjective: Having little or relatively little actual weight; not cumbrous or unwieldy.
▸ adjective: Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.
▸ adjective: Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard, or proper amount; clipped or diminished.
▸ adjective: Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy.
▸ adjective: Free from burden or impediment; unencumbered.
▸ adjective: Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads.
▸ adjective: (military) Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
▸ adjective: (nautical, of a ship) Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.
▸ adjective: (rail transport, of a locomotive or consist of locomotives) Without any piece of equipment attached or attached only to a caboose.
▸ adjective: With low viscosity.
▸ adjective: (cooking) Not heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.
▸ adjective: Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
▸ adjective: Slight, not forceful or intense; small in amount or intensity.
▸ adjective: Gentle; having little force or momentum.
▸ adjective: Easy to endure or perform.
▸ adjective: Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Unchaste, wanton.
▸ adjective: Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
▸ adjective: (dated) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
▸ adjective: Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
▸ adjective: Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
▸ adjective: Easily interrupted by stimulation.
▸ adjective: Cheerful.
▸ adverb: Carrying little.
▸ noun: (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
▸ noun: See lights (“lungs”).
▸ noun: (Australia, uncountable) A low-alcohol lager.
▸ noun: (military, historical) A member of the light cavalry.
▸ verb: (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
▸ verb: To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
▸ verb: (by extension) To leave; to depart.
▸ verb: To find by chance.
▸ verb: To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
▸ verb: (archaic) To alight; to land or come down.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: A place name:
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Greene County, Arkansas, United States.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Maries County, Missouri, United States.
▸ noun: Light Regional Council, a local government area north of Adelaide, South Australia, named after the River Light.
▸ noun: The River Light, a river in the Mid North region, South Australia, named after William Light.
▸ noun: (Islam) The 24th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
▸ noun: Honorific alternative letter-case form of light, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context. [(physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers); visible light.]
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