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lighted

/ˈlaɪtəd/
verb
  1. To start (a fire).

    "We lit the fire to get some heat."

    Similar: set

  2. To set fire to; to set burning.

    "She lit her last match."

    Similar: conflagrate, ignite, kindle

  3. To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.

    "I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night."

    Similar: illuminate, light up

Synonymscatch fire, conflagrate, ignite, conflagrate, ignite, kindle
Antonymsextinguish, put out, quench, extinguish, put out, quench
verb
  1. To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter

  2. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.

verb
  1. To find by chance.

    "I lit upon a rare book in a second-hand bookseller's."

  2. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice

  3. To alight; to land or come down.

    "She fell out of the window but luckily lit on her feet."

Synonymsalight, land, chance upon, come upon, find, happen upon
adjective
  1. Filled with light; illuminated.

Synonymsilluminated, lighty, lit up

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