Definitions For Light

noun

• Any device serving as a source of illumination
• A device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
• The visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures
• Merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
• The quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
• Public awareness
• Mental understanding as an enlightening experience
• A particular perspective or aspect of a situation
• A visual warning signal
• An illuminated area
• A divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul
• A person regarded very fondly
• (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
• Having abundant light or illumination
• A condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination

verb

• Make lighter or brighter
• Start or maintain a fire in
• Begin to smoke
• Alight from (a horse)
• To come to rest, settle
• Fall to somebody by assignment or lot
• Cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat

adjective

• Characterized by or emitting light
• (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
• Of comparatively little physical weight or density
• Psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles
• Not great in degree or quantity or number
• (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average
• Of little intensity or power or force
• Of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment

adjective

• Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
• (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency
• (of sleep) easily disturbed
• Demanding little effort; not burdensome
• Having relatively few calories
• Easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned
• Designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight
• Moving easily and quickly; nimble
• (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
• Silly or trivial
• Intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound
• Having little importance
• (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
• Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
• Marked by temperance in indulgence
• Very thin and insubstantial
• Weak and likely to lose consciousness

adverb

• With few burdens