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111light — I. n. 1. Medium of vision. 2. Diffusion of luminous rays. 3. Daybreak, sunrise, dawn, daylight, break of day, peep of day. 4. Candle, lamp, taper. 5. Instruction, knowledge, information, comprehension, insight. 6. Illustration, explanation,… …
112light up — verb a) To bring light to something, to brighten. The deafening claps of thunder and the dazzling flashes of lightning which lit up the ghastly scene testified that the artillery of heaven had lent its supernatural pomp to the already gruesome… …
113light up — v. (D; intr.) to light up with (her face lit up with pleasure) * * * (D; intr.) to light up with (her face lit up with pleasure) …
114light — laɪt n. electromagnetic radiation which makes vision possible; sunlight, daylight; illumination; source of illumination, lamp; something which clarifies; viewpoint; enlightenment; example, model adj. not heavy; gentle, not forceful; slight; of… …
115light — Technically, light is electromagnetic radiation visible to the human eye. Light usually means the electromagnetic waves with a wavelength from .000075 cm. (red) to .000038 cm. (violet) …
116light — /laɪt/ adjective 1. not heavy, not very busy or active ♦ shares fell back in light trading shares lost value on a day when there was little business done on the Stock Exchange 2. not having enough of a certain type of share in a portfolio ● His… …
117light — 1. mod. alcohol intoxicated. □ I began to feel a little light along about the fourth beer. □ I feel a little light. You’d better drive. 2. n. an eye. (Crude. Usually plural.) □ You want I should poke your lights out? …
118light, my — Used as an endearment by a man to his wife in Arthur Miller’s All my Sons. He addresses her as ‘my love, my light’. The thought behind this, presumably, is that she is the light of his eye, as the old expression has it …
119light on — also[light upon] {v.} To pick out by sight from among others; see; notice. * /His eyes lighted on the cookies and he remembered how hungry he was./ * /Her eyes lighted upon the row of boxes, and she asked what was in them./ …
120light on — also[light upon] {v.} To pick out by sight from among others; see; notice. * /His eyes lighted on the cookies and he remembered how hungry he was./ * /Her eyes lighted upon the row of boxes, and she asked what was in them./ …
