Index of English words, starting with "li"

(1) - Lighten (v. t.) To cheer; to exhilarate.
(2) - Lighten (v. t.) To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden of grief.
(3) - Lighten (v. t.) To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or burden.
(4) - Lighten (v. t.) To free from trouble and fill with joy.
(5) - Lighten (v. t.) To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.
(6) - Lighten (v. t.) To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.
(7) - Lighten (v. t.) To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets.
(8) - Lighten (v. i.) To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky.
(9) - Lighten (v. i.) To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash.
(10) - Lighten (v. i.) To descend; to light.

(1) - Lightening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lighten

(1) - Lighter (v. t.) To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship.
(2) - Lighter (n.) A large boat or barge, mainly used in unloading or loading vessels which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or delivery.
(3) - Lighter (n.) One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps.