I lit the kindling up and soon the fire was going.
•You light up the stove and get dinner going.
2. to light something to smoke, such as a cigarette, pipe, etc. (See also light someone or something up.) •She lit the cigarette up and took in a great breath of the smoke.
•She lit up a cigarette.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
light something up — 1 a flare lit up the night sky: MAKE BRIGHT, brighten, illuminate, lighten, throw/cast light on, shine on, irradiate; poetic/literary illumine. 2 her enthusiasm lit up her face: ANIMATE, irradiate, brighten … Useful english dictionary
light something up — ignite a cigarette, cigar, or pipe and begin to smoke it. → light … English new terms dictionary
light something up — 1) a flare lit up the night sky Syn: make bright, brighten, illuminate, lighten, throw/cast light on, shine on, irradiate; literary illumine, illume 2) her enthusiasm lit up her face Syn: animate, irradiate, brighten … Thesaurus of popular words
light — I [[t]la͟ɪt[/t]] BRIGHTNESS OR ILLUMINATION ♦♦ lights, lighting, lit, lighted, lighter, lightest (The form lit is the usual past tense and past participle, but the form lighted is also used.) 1) N UNCOUNT: also the N Light is the brightness that… … English dictionary
light — 1 /laIt/ noun 1 NATURAL/ARTIFICIAL LIGHT a) (U) the energy from the sun, a flame, a lamp etc that allows you to see things: the morning light streaming in through the windows | We could see a tiny glimmer of light in the distance. |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
light — light1 noun 1》 the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible; electromagnetic radiation from about 390 to 740 nm in wavelength. ↘a source of illumination. ↘(lights) traffic lights. ↘Law the light falling on windows … English new terms dictionary
light — I 1. noun 1) the light of candles Syn: illumination, brightness, luminescence, luminosity, shining, gleaming, gleam, brilliance, radiance, luster, glowing, glow, blaze, glare, dazzle; sunlight, moonlig … Thesaurus of popular words
light up — 1) PHR V ERG If you light something up or if it lights up, it becomes bright, usually when you shine light on it. [V P] ...a keypad that lights up when you pick up the handset... [V P n (not pron)] It isn t possible to heat one half of a bedroom… … English dictionary
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light on — ˈlight on ˈlight upon [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they light on he/she/it lights on present participle lighting on past tense lit on … Useful english dictionary
light — light1 [līt] n. [ME liht < OE lēoht, akin to Ger licht < IE base * leuk , to shine, bright > Gr leukos, white, L lux & lumen, light, lucere, to shine, luna, moon, Welsh llug, gleam] 1. a) the form of electromagnetic radiation that acts… … English World dictionary
