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lightsnounpl. of light the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possiblehe read poetry to her by the light of the moon blazes, flares, fluorescences, glares, gleams, glows, illuminations, incandescences, luminescences, radiances, shines flashes, glimmers, glints, glitters, scintillations, shimmers, sparkles, twinklesdaylights, moonlights, sunlights, sunshinesafterglows, aureoles(or aureolae), auroras(or aurorae), beams, halos(or haloes), rays, shafts, streaks, streams, sunbeamsglistens, glosses, lusters(or lustres), polishes, reflections, sheens darks, dusks, glooms, nights, shadows something that provides illuminationturn off the light when you go to bed beacons, illuminants, lamps arc lamps(also arc lights), candelabra(also candelabrums), candelabras, candles, chandeliers, dark lanterns, electrics, flares, flashbulbs, flashcubes, flashes, flashlights, floodlights, fluorescent lamps, gaslights, gasoliers, girandoles, headlights, incandescent lamps, klieg lights(or kleig lights), lanterns, light bulbs, lighthouses, lightings, sconces, spotlights, streetlights, sun lamps a person who is widely known and usually much talked abouta leading light in the acting profession causes célèbres(also causes celebres), celebrities, celebs, figures, icons(also ikons), luminaries, megastars, names, notabilities, notables, notorieties, personages, personalities, somebodies, standouts, stars, superstars, VIPs favorites, heartthrobs, heroes, idolsdemigods, dignitaries, eminences, immortals, monuments, pillars, worthiesbarons, big shots, bigwigs, kahunas, magnates, moguls, nabobs, panjandrums(also panjandra) nobodies, noncelebrities lightweights, mediocritieshas-beens the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearancewith the coming of light we could see all the damage that the storm had caused auroras(or aurorae), cockcrows, dawns, daybreaks, daylights, days, mornings, morns, sunrises, suns, sunups daytimesforenoons nightfalls, sundowns, sunsets darks, midnights, nights, nighttimesafternoons, middaysdusks, evenings, eventides, gloamings, twilights lightsverb1present tense third-person singular of lightto set (something) on firewe lit the kindling before adding the heavier logs burns, enkindles, fires, ignites, inflames(also enflames), kindles, torches immolatesdeflagrateschars, frizzles, scorchesbakes, broils, cooksashes, cremates, incinerates, kilnssets offbrightens, illuminates, illumines, irradiates, lightens, radiatesscalds, scathes, searsreignites, rekindles, relightsbanks, stokes douses(also dowses), extinguishes, puts out, quenches, snuffs (out) chokes, smothers, suffocatesstamps (out)blackens, darkens, dims, dulls, obscures to supply with lightthe lights from the TV cameras will light this room as though it were high noon bathes, beacons, emblazes, illumes, illuminates, illumines, irradiates, lightens brightensbeams, beats (down), radiates, shinesenhaloes, haloesfloodlightshighlights, spotlightsblazes, burns, fires, flames, glares, glows, ignites, incinerates, kindlesbedazzles, blinds, dazes, dazzlesgleams, glistens, glitters blackens, darkens, obfuscates dims, dulls, obscurescovers, shrouds, veilsdouses(also dowses), extinguishes, puts out, quenches, snuffs (out) lightsverb2present tense third-person singular of lightto come to rest after descending from the airthe bird lit on the branch and began to sing alights, lands, perches, roosts, settles, touches down belly-lands, crash-lands blasts off, takes off arises, ascends, climbs, risesflies, floats, glides, planes, soars, wingshangs, hovers to come down from something (as a vehicle)he hurriedly lighted from the bus and started walking up the street in the 12th century |