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lighten

 
Verb lighten has 5 senses
  1. lighten, buoy up - make more cheerful
    --1 is one way to cheer
    Antonyms: weigh down, weigh on
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  2. lighten, buoy up - make more cheerful
    --2 is one way to cheer, cheer up, chirk up
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  3. brighten, lighten up, lighten - make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room"
    --3 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. brighten, lighten - become brighter; "The sky brightened"
    --4 is one way to change
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  5. lighten, lighten up - become lighter; "The room lightened up"
    --5 is one way to change
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
light white light within light year light years lightable lightbox lightbulb lighted lighten lighten up lightend lightened lightening lightens lighter-than-air lighter-than-air craft lighter-weight

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