Kelly lit the fire with her last match.
•I will light the fire with a cigarette lighter.
2. to illuminate something using something. •She lit the room with a few candles.
•We lit the Christmas tree with colored lights.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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
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