Verb

• S: (v) light up (start to burn with a bright flame) "The coal in the BBQ grill finally lit up"
• S: (v) light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate (make lighter or brighter) "This lamp lightens the room a bit"
• S: (v) clear up, clear, light up, brighten (become clear) "The sky cleared after the storm"
• antonym
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• S: (v) light up (ignite) "The sky lit up quickly above the raging volcano"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) ignite, light (cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat) "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"
• S: (v) burn, combust (cause to burn or combust) "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• verb group
• cause
• derivationally related form
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• sentence frame
• S: (v) light up, fire up, light (begin to smoke) "After the meal, some of the diners lit up"