1. (

• light ,
• illume ,
• illumine ,
• light_up ,
• illuminate ,

) make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit" ;

2. (

• light_up ,
• fire_up ,
• light

) begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up" ;

3. (

• alight ,
• light ,
• perch

) to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him" ;

4. (

• ignite ,
• light

) cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette" ;

5. (

• fall ,
• light ,

) fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" ;

6. (

• unhorse ,
• dismount ,
• light ,
• get_off ,
• get_down ,

) alight from (a horse) ;

7. (

• fire ,
• light ,
• ignite

) start or maintain a fire in; "fire the furnace" ;

1. (

• lighted ,
• lit ,

) set afire or burning; "the lighted candles"; "a lighted cigarette"; "a lit firecracker" ;

2. (

• illuminated ,
• lighted ,
• lit ,
• well-lighted

) provided with artificial light; "illuminated advertising"; "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a brightly lit room"; "a well-lighted stairwell" ;