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Noun
S:
(n)
light
,
lighting
(having abundant light or illumination)
"they played as long as it was light"; "as long as the lighting was good"
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
antonym
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
lighting
(apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film)
S:
(n)
lighting
(the craft of providing artificial light)
"an interior decorator must understand lighting"
S:
(n)
ignition
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firing
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lighting
,
kindling
,
inflammation
(the act of setting something on fire)
Verb
S:
(v)
light
,
illume
,
illumine
,
light up
,
illuminate
(make lighter or brighter)
"This lamp lightens the room a bit"
S:
(v)
light up
,
fire up
,
light
(begin to smoke)
"After the meal, some of the diners lit up"
S:
(v)
alight
,
light
,
perch
(to come to rest, settle)
"Misfortune lighted upon him"
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"
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full troponym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
cause
antonym
derivationally related form
sentence frame
S:
(v)
fall
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light
(fall to somebody by assignment or lot)
"The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"
S:
(v)
unhorse
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dismount
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light
,
get off
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get down
(alight from (a horse))
S:
(v)
fire
,
light
,
ignite
(start or maintain a fire in)
"fire the furnace"