lightest
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lightest verb
- To start (a fire).“We lit the fire to get some heat.”
- To set fire to; to set burning.“She lit her last match.”
- To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.“I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night.”
- To become ignited; to take fire.“This soggy match will not light.”
lightest verb
- To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
- To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
lightest verb
- To find by chance.“I lit upon a rare book in a second-hand bookseller's.”
- To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
- To alight; to land or come down.“She fell out of the window but luckily lit on her feet.”
Adjective
lightest adjective
- Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.“The room is light when the Sun shines through the window.”
- Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.“She had light skin.”
- (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.“I like my coffee light.”
Adjective
lightest adjective
- Having little or relatively little actual weight; not cumbrous or unwieldy.“a light load ; a lighter backpack after having removed the books ; light weapons”
- Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.“feathers and cork are light ; oil is lighter than water”
- Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard or proper amount; clipped or diminished.“to issue light coin”
- Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy.
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