Noun

• S: (n) literature, lit (the humanistic study of a body of literature) "he took a course in Russian lit"

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"
• S: (v) fall, 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, dismount, light, get off, get down (alight from (a horse))

Adjective

• S: (adj) illuminated, lighted, lit, well-lighted (provided with artificial light) "illuminated advertising"; "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a brightly lit room"; "a well-lighted stairwell"
• S: (adj) lighted, lit (set afire or burning) "the lighted candles"; "a lighted cigarette"; "a lit firecracker"