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Noun lighting has 4 senses
- light, lighting - having abundant light or illumination; "they played as long as it was light"; "as long as the lighting was good"
--1 is a kind of illumination
- lighting - apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film
--2 is a kind of apparatus, setup
- lighting - the craft of providing artificial light; "an interior decorator must understand lighting"
--3 is a kind of interior decoration, interior design
- ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflammation - the act of setting on fire or catching fire
--4 is a kind of burning, combustion
Verb light has 6 senses
- light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate - make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit"
--1 is one way to lighten, lighten up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- light up, fire up, light - begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up"
--2 is one way to ignite, light
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
=> Somebody ----s something
- alight, light, perch - to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him"
--3 is one way to land, set down
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- ignite, light - cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"
--4 is one way to burn, combust
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- 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"
--5 is one way to fall, return, pass, devolve
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- unhorse, dismount, light, get off, get down - get off (a horse)
--6 is one way to descend, fall, go down, come down
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
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