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lighted

/ˈlaɪtəd/

verb

Meaning

  • To start (a fire).

    "We lit the fire to get some heat."

  • To set fire to; to set burning.

    "She lit her last match."

  • 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."

  • To become ignited; to take fire.

    "This soggy match will not light."

  • To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.

  • To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.

    "Light the extra ball by amassing 500 million points in the wizard mode."

Synonyms

catch fire,
conflagrate,
ignite,
conflagrate,
ignite,
kindle,
illuminate,
light up,
set

verb

Meaning

  • To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter

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

verb

Meaning

  • To find by chance.

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

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

  • To alight; to land or come down.

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

Synonyms

alight,
land,
chance upon,
come upon,
find,
happen upon,
hit upon

adjective

Meaning

  • Filled with light; illuminated.

Synonyms

illuminated,
lighty,
lit up