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Noun

light - (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"
visible light, visible radiation
actinic radiation, actinic ray electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions
electromagnetic spectrum the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves
natural philosophy, physics the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"
beam of light, light beam, ray of light, shaft of light, irradiation, beam, ray, shaft (Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus
candle flame, candlelight the light provided by a burning candle
corona a long cigar with blunt ends
counterglow, gegenschein a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space
daylight light during the daytime
firelight the light of a fire (especially in a fireplace)
fluorescence light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength
friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
gaslight light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas
glowing, radiance, glow the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
glow a feeling of considerable warmth; "the glow of new love"; "a glow of regret"
half-light a greyish light (as at dawn or dusk or in dim interiors)
incandescence, glow light from heat
lamplight light from a lamp
luminescence light from nonthermal sources
shooting star, meteor a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
moonlight, moonshine, moon the light of the Moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"; "the Moon was bright enough to read by"
starlight the light of the stars
sunlight, sunshine, sun the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"
scintillation the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight
streamer a newspaper headline that runs across the full page
torchlight light from a torch or torches
light - any device serving as a source of illumination; "he stopped the car and turned off the lights"
light source
source of illumination any device serving as a source of visible electromagnetic radiation
anchor light, riding lamp, riding light a light in the rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor
blinker, flasher a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages
fairy light a small colored light used for decoration (especially at Christmas)
flood lamp, floodlight, photoflood, flood a large flow
headlamp, headlight a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive
houselights lights that illuminate the audience's part of a theater or other auditorium
jacklight a light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night
navigation light light on an airplane that indicates the plane's position and orientation; red light on the left (port) wing tip and green light on the right (starboard) wing tip
night-light light (as a candle or small bulb) that burns in a bedroom at night (as for children or invalids)
panel light a light to illuminate an instrument panel
room light light that provides general illumination for a room
sconce a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light
searchlight a light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction
running light, sidelight light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction; vessels at night carry a red light on the port bow and a green light on the starboard bow
strip lighting light consisting of long tubes (instead of bulbs) that provide the illumination
theater light any of various lights used in a theater
light - the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark"
lightness
visual property an attribute of vision
gloriole, aureole, nimbus, aura, glory, halo the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
sunniness lightness created by sunlight
highlighting, highlight an area of lightness in a picture
light - having abundant light or illumination; "they played as long as it was light"; "as long as the lighting was good"
lighting
illumination the degree of visibility of your environment
light - a visual warning signal; "they saw the light of the beacon"; "there was a light at every corner"
visual signal a signal that involves visual communication
light - an illuminated area; "he stepped into the light"
scene graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment"
light - public awareness; "it brought the scandal to light"
light - mental understanding as an enlightening experience; "he finally saw the light"; "can you shed light on this problem?"
light - a particular perspective or aspect of a situation; "although he saw it in a different light, he still did not understand"
light - a person regarded very fondly; "the light of my life"
light - a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination; "follow God's light"
illumination
light - the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light; "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun"
luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness
physical property any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions
illuminance, illumination the luminous flux incident on a unit area
incandescence light from heat
light - a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?"
lighter, igniter, ignitor
device any clever maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen"
cigar lighter, cigarette lighter, pocket lighter a lighter for cigars or cigarettes
fuze, fuse, fuzee, primer, priming, fusee any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
friction match, lucifer, match lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; "he always carries matches to light his pipe"; "as long you've a lucifer to light your fag"
light - merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"
sparkle, twinkle, spark
verve, vitality an energetic style
facial expression, look, aspect, expression, face a gesture executed with the facial muscles
light - a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul
Inner Light, Light, Light Within, Christ Within

Verb

light - make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit"
illume, illumine, light up, illuminate
lighten up, lighten become lighter; "The room lightened up"
floodlight illuminate with floodlights
spotlight illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater
light - cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"
ignite
snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
combust, burn cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan"
combust, burn cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan"
fire up, light up, light begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up"
reignite ignite anew, as of something burning; "The strong winds reignited the cooling embers"
conflagrate, enkindle, kindle, inflame cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds"
light up begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up"
flare up ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down; "the fire flared up and died down once again"
light - fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"
fall
devolve, return, pass, fall grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
accrue, fall grow by addition; "The interest accrues"
fall pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"
light - alight from (a horse)
unhorse, dismount, get off, get down
descend, come down, go down, fall move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
horseback riding, riding travel by being carried on horseback
light - begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up"
light up, fire up
ignite, light cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"
light - to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him"
alight, perch
set down, land cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here"

Adjective

light - characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light"
dark not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on Mondays"
lightness, light having a light color
reddened, inflamed, ablaze adorned with tongues of flame
autofluorescent emitting light via self-induced fluorescence
bioluminescent (of living organisms) emitting light; "fireflies are bioluminescent"
bright full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway"
candescent glowing from great heat
floodlighted, floodlit illuminated by means of floodlights; "the floodlit courtyard"
fluorescent emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source
illuminated, well-lighted, lighted, lit provided with artificial light; "illuminated advertising"; "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a brightly lit room"; "a well-lighted stairwell"
candent, incandescent emitting light as a result of being heated; "an incandescent bulb"
lamplit lighted by a lamp; "our lamplit mountain retreat"
lighting-up turning lights on; "it's lighting-up time"
livid furiously angry; "willful stupidity makes him absolutely livid"
luminescent emitting light not caused by heat
phosphorescent emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous; "the phosphorescent glow of decaying wood"
sunlit, sunstruck lighted by sunlight; "the sunlit slopes of the canyon"; "violet valleys and the sunstruck ridges"- Wallace Stegner
light - (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent; "light blue"; "light colors such as pastels"; "a light-colored powder"
light-colored
dark not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on Mondays"
white of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population"
value relative darkness or lightness of a color; "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light"-Joe Hing Lowe
pale abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed"
palish slightly pale
pastel delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"
light - of comparatively little physical weight or density; "a light load"; "magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C"
heavy darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
weight an artifact that is heavy
lightweight weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use; "a lightweight fabric"; "lightweight wood"
airy having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air; "airy gauze curtains"
floaty, buoyant characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness; "buoyant spirits"; "his quick wit and chirpy humor"; "looking bright and well and chirpy"; "a perky little widow in her 70s"
lighter-than-air relating to a balloon or other aircraft that flies because it weighs less than the air it displaces
light - psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles; "a light heart"
heavy darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
light - moving easily and quickly; nimble; "the dancer was light and graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a light tripping step"
lightsome, tripping
light-footed (of movement) having a light and springy step; "a light-footed girl"
light - (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency; "light soil"
loose not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel"
light - (of sleep) easily disturbed; "in a light doze"; "a light sleeper"; "a restless wakeful night"
wakeful
shallow lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center; "shallow water"; "a shallow dish"; "a shallow cut"; "a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"; "hit the ball to shallow left field"
light - (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average; "light water is ordinary water"
chemical science, chemistry the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
light - of little intensity or power or force; "the light touch of her fingers"; "a light breeze"
heavy darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
light - of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment; "light infantry"; "light cavalry"; "light industry"; "light weapons"
heavy darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
light - intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound; "light verse"; "a light comedy"
frivolous not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"
light - less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"
scant, short
insufficient, deficient of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"
light - very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "light summer dresses"
thin lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
light - demanding little effort; not burdensome; "light housework"; "light exercise"
light - having relatively few calories; "diet cola"; "light (or lite) beer"; "lite (or light) mayonnaise"; "a low-cal diet"
lite, low-cal, calorie-free
light - easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned; "a light diet"
light - designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight; "light aircraft"; "a light truck"
light - not great in degree or quantity or number; "a light sentence"; "a light accent"; "casualties were light"; "light snow was falling"; "light misty rain"; "light smoke from the chimney"
light - having little importance; "losing his job was no light matter"
light - casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"
easy, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton
unchaste not chaste; "unchaste conduct"
light - weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep"
faint, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded
ill, sick presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"
light - (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell"
clean, clear, unclouded
pure in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
light - marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious with the use of adverbs"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper"
abstemious
temperate not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking"
light - silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter"
idle
frivolous not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"
light - (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable"
unaccented, weak
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Substantiv

light - The natural medium emanating from the sun and other very hot sources now recognised as electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength of 400-750 nm, within which vision is possible.
light - A source of illumination.
light - Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
light - Facts. pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
light - A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
light - A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
light - A flame or something used to create fire.
light - A window, or space for a window in architecture.
light - The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
light - A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
light - A stone that is not thrown hard enough.

Verb

light - To start a fire.
light - To set fire to.
light - To illuminate.
light - To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter.
light - To find by chance.
light - To alight.

Adverb

light - Carrying little.

Adjektiv

light - Having light.
light - pale in colour.
light - Served with extra milk or cream.
light - Of low weight; not heavy.
light - Lightly-built; designed for speed or small loads.
light - Gentle; having little force or momentum.
light - Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
light - Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
light - Travelling with no carriages, wagons attached.
light - Unchaste, wanton.

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  • Light is electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength that is visible to the human eye (in a range from about 380 or 400 nanometres to about 760 or 780 nm). In physics, the term light sometimes refers to electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength, whether visible or not. Five primary properties of light are intensity, frequency or wavelength, polarization, phase and orbital angular momentum.

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  • light
    A device for producing light.
  • light
    Electromagnetic radiation that is capable of causing a visual sensation.
  • light
    To start (a fire).
  • light
    To give light to (something).
  • light
    Of low weight.
  • light
    Object, natural or artificial, that produces light.
  • light
    Having colors relatıvely near white.
  • light
    (of the military or industry) using (or being) relatively small or light weapons or equipment.
  • light
    Low in degree or quantity or number (e.g. of rain, snow, accent).
  • light
    Psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles.
  • light
    Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • light
    (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency.

Adjektiv - Gradbøying

  • Positiv: light
  • Komparativ: lighter / more light
  • Superlativ: lightest / most light

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) light
  • Presens: light / lights
  • Preteritum: lit
  • Perfektum: (have) lit

Substantiv

  • Entall: light
  • Flertall: lights

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