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light
English
- 🔊 characterized by or emitting light“a room that is light when the shutters are open”
- 🔊 (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent“light blue”
- 🔊 (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency“light soil”
- 🔊 (of sleep) easily disturbed“in a light doze”
- 🔊 demanding little effort“light housework”
- 🔊 having relatively few calories“diet cola”
- 🔊 easily assimilated in the alimentary canal“a light diet”
- 🔊 of comparatively little physical weight or density“a light load”
- 🔊 designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight“light aircraft”
- 🔊 psychologically light“a light heart”
- 🔊 not great in degree or quantity or number“a light sentence”
- 🔊 (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average“light water is ordinary water”
- 🔊 of little intensity or power or force“the light touch of her fingers”
- 🔊 moving easily and quickly“the dancer was light and graceful”
- 🔊 of the military or industry“light infantry”
- 🔊 intended primarily as entertainment“light verse”
- 🔊 having little importance“losing his job was no light matter”
- 🔊 less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so“a light pound”
- 🔊 very thin and insubstantial“thin paper”
- 🔊 casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior“her easy virtue”
- 🔊 silly or trivial“idle pleasure”
- 🔊 (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress“a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable”
- 🔊 weak and likely to lose consciousness“suddenly felt faint from the pain”
- 🔊 (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims“efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings”
- 🔊 any device serving as a source of illumination“he stopped the car and turned off the lights”
- 🔊 the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures“he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark”
- 🔊 public awareness“it brought the scandal to light”
- 🔊 mental understanding as an enlightening experience“he finally saw the light”
- 🔊 a particular perspective or aspect of a situation“although he saw it in a different light, he still did not understand”
- 🔊 a visual warning signal“they saw the light of the beacon”
- 🔊 an illuminated area“he stepped into the light”
- 🔊 a person regarded very fondly“the light of my life”
- 🔊 (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation“the light was filtered through a soft glass window”
- 🔊 having abundant light or illumination“they played as long as it was light”
- 🔊 a condition of spiritual awareness“follow God's light”
- 🔊 a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires“do you have a light?”
- 🔊 a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul
- 🔊 merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance“he had a sparkle in his eye”
- 🔊 the quality of being luminous“its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun”
- 🔊 with few burdens“experienced travellers travel light”
Spanish
- 🔊 lene light
- 🔊 luz light
- 🔊 acender to light, ignite
- 🔊 encender to light, ignite
- 🔊 ligero light, not heavy
- 🔊 ingrávido light, weightless
- 🔊 aluzar to light, light up
- 🔊 prender to light, to ignite
- 🔊 chisque light, spark (from a lighter)
- 🔊 claro light, pale (not dark in hue)