Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.
NEW iPhone Audio English dictionary


Adjective: lighted  lI-tid
  1. Set afire or burning
    "the lighted candles"; "a lighted cigarette"
    - lit
     
  2. Provided with artificial light
    "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a well-lighted stairwell"
    - illuminated, lit, well-lighted
Verb: light (lit, also lighted)  lIt
  1. Make lighter or brighter
    - illume, illumine, light up, illuminate
     
  2. Begin to smoke
    "After the meal, some of the diners lit up"
    - light up, fire up
     
  3. To come to rest, settle
    - alight, perch
     
  4. Cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
    "Light a cigarette"
    - ignite
     
  5. Be allotted to somebody by assignment or as part of their role
    - fall
     
  6. Alight from (a horse)
    - unhorse, dismount, get off, get down

See also: ablaze, afire, aflame, aflare, alight, burning, enkindled, ignited, in flames, kindled, light, lighter, on fire

Type of: burn, combust, come down, descend, devolve, fall, go down, land, lighten, lighten up, pass, return, set down

Antonym: unlighted

Encyclopedia: Light Light, Francis Light, Rapid, Comfortable Light, John